Canadian wood products industries . unt of heat present. However, it shouldstay in long enough so that when taken out it will beperfectly dry. After it has been dried the veneer issent to the department where it is to be laid on thecross-banded core stock. In laying the face veneer the process of gluing andputting in the press, previously mentioned, is the stock is removed from the press it is piledaway between strips as before and allowed to remainfor at least 18 or 20 days, after which it is taken tothe cabinet room and made up into the job for whichit is intended. Veneer Pres
Canadian wood products industries . unt of heat present. However, it shouldstay in long enough so that when taken out it will beperfectly dry. After it has been dried the veneer issent to the department where it is to be laid on thecross-banded core stock. In laying the face veneer the process of gluing andputting in the press, previously mentioned, is the stock is removed from the press it is piledaway between strips as before and allowed to remainfor at least 18 or 20 days, after which it is taken tothe cabinet room and made up into the job for whichit is intended. Veneer Press Constructed Under Difficulties A few years ago the writer was engaged to takecharge of the veneering of the interior woodwork andfixtures for a large Government building. The build-ing was being erected in an out of the way part ofthe country and the Government built and equipped asmall shop and dry kiln and did the work , however, overlooked a very necessary part ofthe veneering equipment, namely, a press. Some of. Fig. 1—Veneer Press Made with Channel Irons and Shafting. the stock to be veneered was 12 feet long, so we re-quired a substantial one, and although money was noobject, time was, and we had to rig up looked around the shop and could not find any- ? 0 CANADIAN WOODWORKER June, 1916 IS, SO thev thing from which we could build a suitable pre we took a walk up around the building wherewrre erecting the steel work. Am idea occurred to usand the accompanying illustration shows one sectionoi the press that was constructed from the idea. Thebed and top parts were made of channel irons. Forthe uprights we managed to secure some pieces of1 ( inch shafting. The channel irons were held to-gether by holts, as indicated at A. Fig; 1. The Wash-ers, B and C. and the nuts, I), Fig, I, held the topchannel irons in place. The screws and the socketsin which thev worked were made at a machine shopin a nearby town. Fig. 2 shows a plan and sectionwas made t
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