The arts and crafts movement and mission style furniture period have paved the way for some of the most iconic uses of white oak lumber and veneer. Select wood veneers are permanently bonded under heat and pressure to a resin saturated backer sheet. No defects are allowed and any joints or seams must be book matched. It can be laid up on a panel face in different sorts of matching. How to stain veneers to match hardwood plywood lumber. Whats the difference between rotarycut and bookmatched. Book matching is when two identical sheets of veneer are placed alongside each other and each is a mirror image of the other. These exceptional natural wood veneers contain precisionmatched splice lines, have a bookmatched appearance and are presanded and ready to apply and finish.
Red oak machines well, preboring is recommended when using nails or screws. But the real fun begins when you start book matching. Oak white rift cut paper back veneer sheet 4 x 8 roll these real wood veneer sheets are composed of premium sliced hardwoods that are spliced along the edges to make the full width. The technique is used to beautify a variety of objects such as. Flat cut, rift, and quartersawn white oak wood veneer sheets. Also known as musk burl fully burly rectangular sheets with straw, sand and slightly willow leaf colors. You may already have examples of book matched veneer in your home or office, for instance, on interior doors, cabinets, walls, and furniture. White oak plywood has a tight grain with a medium to coarse texture. Purebond red oak 112 beaded plywood project panel free custom cut available standard delivery.
To avoid a striped palingfence effect, quartercut may be best specified as slipmatched. Buy custom architectural panels, exotic wood veneer. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the. Because of the extra labor involved, bookmatched veneer plywood may cost more than rotarycut. Book matching is used with flat cut, quarter, rift or rotary cut veneer. The 48 x 96 sheets are flexible, 142 thick, have a uniform color, and are easy to apply. It is accomplished by turning every other veneer leaf over, and arranging it such that the grain opens at the spine, similar to the pages in a book. How to stain veneers to match hardwood plywood lumber when laying veneer on products like this red oak cabinet, the hope is to be able to stain the two woods to look the same. Glossary of common veneer terms formwood industries.
If the grain is straight, the joints will not be obvious. Running match each panel face is assembled from as many leaves as necessary. Usually done with lower grades of veneer, the leaves may be of varying width, colors and grains. As in any veneer with complex primary and secondary patterns, veneer. Alternate leafs are turned like the pages of a book and the vertical edges are glued to make a face. The veneer will be smooth, tight cut, and full length and free of any visible defects or abnormalities. Our hardwood plywood is environmentally certified and meets the strictest emission requirements in north america. A technique for matching wood veneer veneer book matching is the most frequently used method for matching wood veneer.
Hardwood veneer whole piece, book matched, slip matched. The white oak group comprises many species, of which about eight are commercial. The hardwood plywood handbook matching between two adjacent veneer leaves matching type all spliced plywood faces are created by splicing multiple leaves of veneer together to form the plywood face. Purdue university describes white oak as truly the all american wood because of its strength and durability. Heres a quick demo of how i book match veneers to achieve the desired length i need. Knotty grades are typically plank matched so knots and knotholes are distributed across the veneer and do not end up in repeating rows. Section 4 sheet products 74 architectural woodwork standards 2014 awi awmac wi 2nd edition, october 1, 2014 4 introductory information primary core ma te ri als continued veneer continued veneer core figure. Every other leaf or component of veneer from a given log is turned over to produce a mirror image at the splice joint, much like turning the pages of a book, to produce a very aesthetically appealing look across the face. When book matching, the adjacent leaves of veneer alternate between tight and loose faces. All plywood is a grade with either a 1 or 2 back, both of these are considered good both sides and all sheets are stamped with the grade on the edge.
The flake figure itself is a harder and more closed pore surface than the surrounding grain. Veneer slices are joined in sequence without flipping the pattern. Red oak plywood is similar to white oak, but with an open grain pattern. This burl is becoming the workhorse of burls because of its high yield, very adaptable color, easy workability, long term availability, modest cost, and eyepopping burl figure. The veneer may reflect light, accept stain differently and may yield a noticeable color variation. White oak plywood, a1 34 inch 4x8 slip matched rift cut. Method of plywood construction consisting of 3,5,7 or more plies of veneer laid with grain direction of adjacent plies at right angles to each other. Bookmatched uses consecutive slices, too, but every other one is flipped over for a. These exceptional natural wood veneers contain precision matched splice lines, have a book matched appearance and are presanded and ready to apply and finish. Red oak, flat cut 4 x 8 veneer sheet wood veneer sheets. All veneer splices should be bookmatched for a visually pleasing appearance.
Highest quality veneer you can specify in any particular species. They are then gluestitched together in different matching sequences to form a full sheet of veneer the different matching configurations of which create varied appearances and pricing. Were proud manufacturers of hardwood plywood unrivaled in quality and environmental responsibility. They should be applied to surfaces using any quality contact cement. Lately many woodworkers have been asking me how i join veneer together. An angle of cut at 15 degrees to the radius of the filtch is used to minimize the ray flake effect in oak. To avoid a striped palingfence effect, quartercut may be best specified as slip matched. The most commonly used matching types are book, slip, random or mismatch, pleasing, and plank match. Jan 20, 2017 book matched liveedge sequoia dining table.
Our selection of this veneer includes some of the finest curly and figured oak available. Checks small cracks running parallel to the grain of the wood normally caused by stress in the grain during the drying or seasoning process. The 24 x 96 sheets are flexible, 142 thick, have a uniform color, and are easy to apply. Plywood matching when the log is sliced see plywood slicing the flinches are matched for color and grain. Creating a bookmatched veneer panel part 4 duration. A veneer face with a joint down the midpoint or center line and equal number of flitch leaves on each side of the center line producing a perfectly centered and balance matched face. Interesting and beautiful panels can be created by different book matched configurations. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two or more wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book as applied to wood, bookmatching is usually done with veneer produced in one of several ways, but can also be done with solid wood. Slipmatched, the most common way of applying pieces, has consecutive flitches as they come off the log butted up side by side. Applying veneer to your projects is a great and easy way to dress them up.
The 48 x 96 sheets are flexible, 142 thick, have a. Plywood veneer panels nordus veneer panels querkus veneer panels dartmoor brand veneers shinnoki wood veneers looklikes exotic veneer holz in form veneer panels commercial grade veneers. Oak white rift cut paper back veneer sheet 4 x 8 roll. Each veneer sheet is straight with parallel edges and is free of defects allowing for you to easily work with it to create works of wonder.
Other than oak, most species produce the same look as rift cut. Continuous pieces of veneer peeled from a log using a rotary process. Plank matching is the method of choice to achieve a rustic look because it lacks symmetry and causes a more casual look. Red oak wood veneer sheet flat cut, 48x96 20 mil paperback 4. Matched, center an even number of equal width veneer leaves make up a panel face. Our hardwood plywood is environmentally certified and meets the strictest emission requirements in north.
A book matched face resembles the right and left pages of an open book. We offer a full range of hardwood veneer species in a variety of grades and core options, including exotic veneers in any order quantity. Agrade face an a face on hardwood plywood should be matched for both grain and color. Understanding grading hardwood plywood grades, set by both the trade association and individual mills, cover varying degrees of quality. The description of the faces of the veneered boards e. If a number of panels are manufactured from a specific flitch, the number of veneer leaves per panel face may change as individual leaves are taken from the flitch. Many times finishing stains will not affect the flake as much as the field grain, creating an even stronger contrast. Each 8 x 18 x 283 thick sheet is carefully packed into the 4 sheet pack for a total of 4 square feet of walnut burl beauty with the grain converging at the middle of a fourway juncture. Birch, red oak, maple, ash, poplar, cherry and other species of fancy veneer are supplied throughout the decorative plywood, furniture, cabinetry, door and profilewrap industries. It is accomplished by turning every other veneer leaf over, and arranging it such that the grain opens at.
Consecutive leafs of a veneer filtch have similar grain and figure. Book matched veneer sliced veneer has a tight and a loose face. How to create a simple veneer book match without special. Bookmatching is a process in which two sheets of veneer are laid in a manner so that one sheet is the mirror image of the opposing sheet. Where it grows widespread throughout the eastern u. White oak a1 rift cut 34 4x8 veneer core slip matched. Jan 02, 2016 lately many woodworkers have been asking me how i join veneer together. Once veneers other than rotarycut have been removed from the log, they must be added to the plywood core. There are several different methods of arranging book and slip matched leaves within a face. This duplication of pattern permits a variety of visual styles, the most popular of which is book matching. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. The trees prefer rich well drained soil, and average height is 60 to 80 feet. This type of core consists of chips or flakes of resincoated wood fused together under heat and pressure to form a core for plywood. Thus, there is a veneer joint in the center of the panel.
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