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Veneer, around woodworking, refers to thin slices of wood, ordinarily thinly than Ternion millimetres) (1/8 inch). Veneer shells come unremarkably glued and pressed onto core panels of different materials (such as wood, particle board or medium density fiberboard) to obtain doors, tops and side panels for cabinets, parquet floors and pieces of furniture. It is too utilized inside marquetry. Plywood is made higher of the total of shells of veneer, for each one layer pasted at perfect angles to the adjacent shells.

Veneer is found by 'peeling' the trunk of a tree, which is the predominant area utilized for architectural veneers (see likewise inlay). A appearance of the grain, or "figure," within wood comes from either slicing through the growth rings of a tree & depends upon a angle at which a wood is sliced. There are triplet independent types of veneer slicing devices utilized commercially:

A circular lathe in which the wood is turned against a super sharply blade and peeled off in 1 continuous or even semi-continuous roll. Rotary cut veneer is principally utilized for plyboard when a appearance is non worthy. A slicing machine where a flitch or even piece of log is raised & lowered against a blade and slices of the log come mass produced; A half around laa where a log or even piece of log may be turned & moved around such how else to expose the virtually all interesting area of the grain.

For each one slicing processes gives a super distinctive nature and severity of grain, based upon the tree species. In any of the veneer slicing methods, after the veneer is sliced, a distortion of the grain occurs. When it hits the wood, a knife blade creates a "loose" side in which the cells st& been opened higher per blade, and a "tight" side.

Traditionally, veneers were too sawn but this is further wasteful of wood. Veneering is an ancient art, dating back to the ancient Egyptians who utilized veneers within a bit of of their furniture.

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Craftwood/SR Wood, Inc.
Manufacturer of flexible backed veneer products used in the cabinet, furniture, flooring and architectural wallcovering industries.

Woodmosaic, Inc.
Specializes in rare and hard to find wood veneers. Site offers images of wood varieties available. Contact links.

Salem Hardwood Inc.
Hardwood lumber and log merchants, buyers of standing hardwood timber.

Fitzpatrick and Weller, Inc.
A multi-national supplier in the hardwood lumber and wood components industries. Information includes company profile, operations and capabilities, products, environmental policy, and current stock list.

The Freeman Corporation
A large, multi-faceted veneer manufacturer and importer.

Industrial Timber & Land Company
Consistent supplies of the finest oak, maple, cherry, poplar, walnut, and ash.

Cortland & Latrobe hardwood brands
Assets include 60,000 acres of forest land, three band mills with two band resaws, over four million feet of computer-controlled dry kilns with another million feet of pre-drier capacity.

Overlack Veneers LTD
For more than 26 years Overlack Veneers has become a specialist for European and African veneer species.

Owens Forest Products
Wholesale hardwood lumber.

Seafarer Marine of Fort Lauderdale,Inc.
Provides boat builders, repair yards, and independent marine contractors in the USA and the Caribbean with marine grade hardwoods, plywoods, veneers, advice and great service.