Benefits of Veneered

Cross-grained lamination provides greater dimensional stability because movement in any direction is restricted by the other layers.
Hand-matching creates beauty not found.

Manufacturing Flow Chart For Veneer Construction

1. Core stock or center ply is made of poplar or man-made board
2. Glue reels and presses are used to
   • Glue up solid pieces for core stock
   • Apply wood banding to fiberboard for shaping and carving
     panel edges
3. Direct steps in making the face veneer
   • Selection of the flitch (industry name for the fancy face veneer
     sections).
   • Cutting and matching:
     • (i) drop clipper-cuts the length
     • (ii) shear-cuts the width
     • (iii) jointer joins pieces by glue and pressure
     • (iv) splicer -fuses pieces by pressure
     • (v) patch table-all defects repaired
4. Fancy face veneers: Hand cut, matched and laid-up for
   decorative veneer faces Most common woods used are :
   • oak
   • cherry
   • mahogany
   • pecan
   • maple
   • walnut
   • burls of all sorts-ash, walnut, etc
   • ash
5. Veneer pieces are cut to pattern.
6. Fancy faces are hand-laid and glued
7. Various types of face veneer matching are selected The name
   Of the match describes the look:
   • pie matched
   • parquet matched
   • random matched
   • book matched
   • slip matched
   • diamond matched
   • butterfly matched
8. Adhesion: layers of veneer are sent to the glue spreader which
   Applies the glue to
   • Cross bands-the different layers
   • Face veneer
   • back veneer
9. The laid-up panel is placed in a press under four thousand
   Pounds of pressure for two minutes