Making Veneer

Making Veneer. Making your own veneer is a great way to conserve high quality material If you have a oneofakind piece of figured wood why not slice it up and use it in three or four projects instead of just one? So fire up the bandsaw cause we’re cutting our own veneer! General Blade Recommendation.

Carefully feed the wood through the rotary cutter to produce the veneer pieces The pieces of veneer are called flitches As the pieces are produced layer them between pieces of corrugated cardboard This will prevent them from rolling up making the pieces easier to work with.

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Veneers Wood selection is arguably the most fundamental of decisions for a cabinetmaker When planning a new piece of furniture colour grain patterns use and avoidance of pips and knots sap and heartwood and burrs must all be considered.

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Everything you need to know to do your own veneering Including tips tricks and the tools needed for perfect veneer projects every time Veneer Tape htt Video Duration 18 minViews 2597KAuthor Jack Bench Woodworking.

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PreparationPeelingDryingGluingOnce a tree has been selected and cut down it first needs to be debarked this is achieved with a machine that carefully scrapes all the bark off of the wood without damaging the core After the bark is removed the entire log needs to be brought up to a high consistent moisture content in order to soften the wood and prevent tearing during the peeling/slicing process Steam treatment and soaking are common methods that are used to bring the wood up to the required level Once steamed the logs are cut down into the required length for peeling typically a little over 8 feet if a 4×8 sheet is being made The cut log is now ready for Peeling For a type of veneer called “Rotary Cut” the log gets loaded into a veneer lathe which is a large motorized machine that spins the log against a knife (think huge apple peeler) The lathe rotates the log taking off a thin continuous slice as it spins In a different type of veneer the type we use called “Quarter Cut” the log is loaded into a veneer slicer (this time think huge delimeat slicer) The log is run back and forth across the knife to produce thin slices Both operations can produce the same thickness and quality of veneer but the grain pattern varies between the two We use Quarter Cut for it&#39s linear appearance and it&#39s tendency to expand and contract evenly with environmental changes Once peeled or sliced the veneer is run through a large dryer to ensure that it dries flat and evenly After drying the veneer sheets are stacked into bundles Each trimmed sheet is sent through a gluing machine that bonds them edgetoedge to produce full 4×8 sheets For our type of veneer paperback the veneer sheets are then bonded to a layer of paper to improve their flexibility and stability The sheets are then ready to be sent off to Keyway to be made into cases!.