Wood Veneer

By Arne Thomsson

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INDIVIDUAL PANEL MATCHING

1 Book Match

Successive veneer leaves in a flitch are turned over like the pages in a book, and edge-glued in this manner. Since the reverse side of one leaf is the mirror image of the succeeding leaf, the result is a series of pairs.

Book Match

2 Slip Match

Successive veneer leaves in a flitch are "slipped" one alongside the other and edge-glued in this manner. The result is a series of grain repeats, but no pairs. The danger with this method derives from the fact that grain patterns are, rarely, perfectly straight. Where a particular grain pattern "runs off" the edge of the leaf, a series of leaves with this condition could visually make a panel "lean." In book matching, the pairs balance each other.

Slip Match

3 Balance Match

All the veneer leaves on the face of a panel are sized to the same width. The number of leaves can be odd or even.

Balance Match

4 Center Match

The matching process for a panel is started from the imaginary center line. The number of leaves on the face is always even, but the widths are not necessarily the same.

Center Match

5 Butt Match

At times, the veneer being used is not long enough to cover the desired panel height. In this case, the veneer leaves may also be flipped end for end, and the ends matched, in addition to the sides being matched. This can be used in combination with any of the preceding.

Book and Butt Match

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