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THE
DEMAND FOR VENEERED WOODS.
Cheap Cuts Comirjg Into the Market Put to a
Great Many U|ffc—Red Gum Very Popular—
477 Million Feet of Wood Made Into
Veneers in This Country in 1910.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 12, 1912.
The use of veneers in the United States is in-
creasing rapidly, according to a bulletin issued by
the census bureau. There were 477,479,000 feet,
log scale, of wood made into veneers in 1910, an
increase of about 10 per cent, over the consump-
tion of the previous year.
Formerly veneer making was confined to a few
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past two years, maple, yellow poplar, white oak
hardwoods selected for beauty of grain and used
as an exterior finish for high grade cabinet work and birch have shown increases in consumption,
and furniture. With the improvement of machin- while each of these woods show a decrease in 1908.
ery, however, and methods of drying, there has The adaptability of Douglas fir for making ven-
developed a large demand for veneers cut from eers is becoming more widely recognized, as is
indicated by the fact that the quantity reported in
cheap woQds.
These are used for drawer bottoms, glass back- 1910 exceeds the combined quantities for the three
ing, filling in three-ply lumber, packing boxes, fruit previous years.
In 1910, Michigan Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas,
baskets, veneer barrels, etc. On account of the
constantly increasing price of hardwood lumber Missouri and Wisconsin each report a consump-
used for making pianos, furniture cabinets, fix- tion of veneered material amounting to over 30,-
tures, etc., built-up lumber, which is usually made 000,000 feet, log scale. Taken together, these six
of three-ply veneer, is being extensively substi- States used 42% per cent, of the total quantity
consumed in that year.
tuted.
The principal methods of manufacture are ro-
tary cutting? slicing and sawing. The first named
FRED SEOELKEN NOW UP=STATE.
is the method most extensively used, although the
Fred Segelken, the well-known traveling repre-
highest grade veneers are made by sawing.
Red gum was more widely used for veneer sentative of H. Behlin & Bio., 371 Pearl street,
New York, is at present making a short trip
in 1910 than any other wood, and in that and
three previous years it constituted approximately through New York State. General Manager
30 per cent, of all the wood used. It cuts well, Shick stated this week that the call for varnishes
especially in the.rotary process, and with improved and fillers has been fair this summer and that
dryers is easily kiln-dried. For the manufacture he looks for a very good fall business. Mr. Shick
has had considerable success with the management
of built-up lumber red gum is especially adaptable
of the business since he was elected after the death
because it takes glue readily and because it can
of H. Behlin last winter. Mr. Segelken, who has
be used as either face wood or filler.
been with the house for many years, came from the
Next to red gum, yellow pine is the most im-
road at that time and has been covering the New
portant wood in respect to the quantity use1 in
York trade with success since.
the manufacture of veneer. During each of the
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FRENCH METHOD OF SEASONING TIMBER.
A novel electrical method of treating timber is
said to have given striking results in France, and
to have changed the greenest wood into perfectly
seasoned material. A watertight tank of suitable
size is required.
The timber is pi'ed on a large lead plate at the
bottom until the tank is full, when a second lead
plate is placed on top of the pile and connected
to the negative pole of a dynamo, the bottom con-
nected to the positive pole. The space around the
timber is then filled with a solution containing 5
per cent, of rosin, 10 per cent, of borax and a trace
of carbonate of soda.
On turning on the current, it passes from plate
to plate through the wood, driving out the sap,
and the resin and borax takes its place in the cells
and interstices. This process being completed the
timber is taken out and dried, when it is ready
for use.
Gus Beck, of L. Grunewald & Co., New Orleans,
La., was in New York this week taking in the
tall buildings and the subways. Mr. Beck spent
considerable time, too, at the offices of Paul G.
Mehlin & Sons.
114-116 East 13th St.
NEW YORK
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