Wood Veneer

Its manufacture, installation, and how it should be specified

By Arne Thomsson

Table Of Contents

  • Wood Veneer
  • DEFINITION AND SCOPE
  • TYPES OF EQUIPMENT
  • GRAIN PATTERNS
  • 1 Plain Sliced
  • 2 Quartered
  • 3 Half-Round
  • 4 Rift Cut
  • VENEER MATCHING
  • INDIVIDUAL PANEL MATCHING
  • 1 Book Match
  • 2 Slip Match
  • 3 Balance Match
  • 4 Center Match
  • 5 Butt Match
  • MATCHING OF ELEVATIONS
  • 1 Sequenced Running Match
  • 2 Blue Print Matching
  • MATCHING FOR SPECIAL EFFECTS
  • 1 Diamond
  • 2 Reverse Diamond
  • 3 Herringbone
  • 4 Sunburst
  • 5 Inlay
  • 6 Marquetry
  • MATCHING OF BURLS, CROTCH, STUMP
  • SELECTING AND SPECIFYING
  • FORMAT FOR SPECIFYING VENEER
  • SPECIAL CONDITIONS
  • POPULAR VENEER SPECIES
  • 1 Domestically Manufactured Veneers
  • 2 Teak
  • 3 English Brown Oak
  • 4 Rosewoods
  • 5 European Walnuts
  • 6 European White Oaks
  • 7 European Ash/Japanese Ash (Sen)
  • 8 East Indian Laurel
  • 9 Tropical Olive
  • 10 Kevazingo
  • 11 Macassar Ebony
  • 12 The Blonds
  • 13 The Island Woods
  • 14 Burls
  • 15 Crotch
  • 16 Stumps
  • FINIS

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