Veneer seams and taping specialized tapes aid in creating a tight, well matched veneer seam. 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. Rock hard maple acer saccharum is the most commonly used veneers for longboard and skateboard deck construction. Applications include furniture repair and manufacture, countertops and shelves, marine applications, and endless architectural applications. Edge supply brand maple 1 x 250 roll preglued, wood veneer edge banding, iron on with hot melt adhesive, flexible wood tape sanded to perfection. Bookmatch definition of bookmatch by merriamwebster. Start by choosing two sequential veneer leaves that are a bit longer than the panel you plan to make and more than half of the panels width. Use a straight edge and a veneer saw to cut veneer to prepare for seaming. Great for variety of woodworking and craft projects. Maple wood veneer sheets available in 2 x 8 sheets with a plain 10 mil paper backer or psa pressure sensitive adhesive, peel and stick backer.
Peel and stick veneer is flexible wood veneer with a 3m peel and stick adhesive backer already attached, eliminating the need for any type of secondary glue. Shop all northwest timber figured lumber, wood, and domestic exotic hardwoods for furniture and musical instruments. Apply painters masking tape to the back of the book matched veneer strips to create a wider sheet. It is a seemingly simple term, but it can be quite confusing at times because it has multiple applications, including describing the relationship between. Crafting a quilted maple billet to a bookmatched top youtube. 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. As with any wood veneer, a clean, smooth, well prepared surface is essential for proper adhesion. Maple has a nice tone and the quarter sawn quarter cut slice allows for a straight grain. The veneer joints match perfectly to create symmetry of pattern and continuity of the grain. This real wood veneer is made out of walnut burl and is sequenced to match 4 ways.
Book matched veneer is kraft paper backed wood veneer,which use the thin natural veneers, engineered wood veneers or woven wood veneer as the face veneers,and then laminated with the kraft paper as the back layer. This sanding will leave some crossgrain marks as well as some veneer tape on the surface. Wood grain is continuous in length, as well as width. Find answers to common questions others have already asked in the diy zone. The art of veneer pattern matching has been practiced by cabinet and furniture makers for centuries. 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. Wood or stone veneer pieces installed with the grain of adjoining pieces aligned at the edges. These backings provide an impervious barrier that prevents adhesive from penetrating to the wood surface and ensures that your finishing materials do not. The consecutive veneer leaves are opened, like a book, creating a mirror image of the previous leaf as theyre spliced together. A wide variety of 3mm maple veneer options are available to you, there are 345 suppliers who sells 3mm maple veneer on, mainly located in asia. Maple veneer high quality real wood veneer products for. There are several different methods of arranging book and slip matched leaves within a face. Running match each panel face is assembled from as many leaves as necessary. All edge tape has a heatsensitive glue backing and applies quickly with an.
Kimberly mcneelan explain the process for making bookmatched panels for her barstool project. End matching creates beautiful patterns and accentuates swirly grains and the irregular characteristics of veneer. The appearance of veneer and plywood products are largely determined by the slicing method and figure matching used during the manufacturing process. Additionally, if the water dries too fast, the veneer sheet can crack severely. The appearance of the panel can be formal or casual, simple or busy based on the matching choice. Skelang maple 2 x 50 roll wood veneer edge banding preglued ironon with hot melt adhesive edgebanding flexible wood tape 4. 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. Edgemate 8101216, 4ft x 8ft real wood veneer sheet, psa backing, maple. Maple veneer is generally cream white with a slight reddish tint. Keep in mind that your bookmatch must start out larger than the substrate, so you can cut it to fit. Assembly of spliced veneer on a face the type of assembly match must be specified to obtain a desired appearance.
The resulting panels blend together like one larger piece in the final project. Edge tape is for covering the edges of plywood and other nonwood edges and surfaces that need to be nicely finished. This method makes good use of shorter veneer leaves and is often used with burls. Brown vs white veneer tape white tape may be a better choice on veneers that have a brown color. Sep 25, 2009 craftsman trims book matched veneer for the front of three drawers and ensures they match top to bottom as well.
Youll find more than 260,000 425,000 square feet of domestic and exotic veneer within our site and were offering these great veneers by the sheet and in small, affordable lots. The following three face assembly methods give a wide range of flexibility and cost control to the design professional. Once the veneer is cut, it can be laid up on a panel face in different sorts of matching. Book matched is side to side and bank matched is top to bottom see photo. Veneer is matched by color but not by grain pattern. The addition of the adhesive back makes this veneer convenient and easy to use, perfect for doityourselfers and crafters alike. Yields the most veneer per log can produce a limited amount of full sized whole piece faces generally, rotary cut veneer is less expen sive than sliced veneer maple, rotary, book match, balance match, a helpful hint rotary is the only cutting method that is capable of producing whole piece faces. Quartered slip match maple veneer is a standard veneer that the flitches are slip match rather than book match. Maple burl all natural wood veneer by sauers veneers co. This sequenced flitch of maple veneer on the left contains eight pieces that will cover 8 square feet. Each pack includes 4 sequenced matched 4 way veneer sheets which are 8 x 18 with a thickness of 283.
Youve got to love the look of this figured sapele wood veneer sheets. Its characteristics of being hard, strong, and tough make for a great board. 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. Common uses are for furniture and cabinetry, but edge tape will adhere to nearly any type of surface. Veneer cuts rotary peeled rotary red oak whole piece face shown below an entire log is placed into a lathe and rotated in uninterrupted contact with the lathe knife, resulting in a cut that roughly parallels the growth rings to produce a bold and often variegated grain pattern. Talked to customer service rep jack and had a great conversation. Slip matching figure 20016 from awi quality standards illustrated, seventh edition. Nice wood, takes stain easily and matches up nicely to the board i used it on. Sauers maple burl 4x8 veneer sheet, 10mil paper backed.
Lately many woodworkers have been asking me how i join veneer together. Properly sequence, stack, and tape veneer to prepare for cutting. 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. The rich coloring of the walnut burl and the incredible shimmer they exhibit makes this veneer ideal for furniture and unique pieces of art. Edge supply maple 34 x 25 roll, wood veneer edge banding. This maple, flat cut premium wood veneer is suitable for fine woodwork, furniture, and cabinets. You will discover great howto videos for common projects like building laminate countertops. The international home furnishings market meets here twice a year where manufacturers show off their latest designs and dealers place orders. Restorers rotary cut maple veneer van dykes restorers. Keep in mind that mahogany crotch and maple burl are tedious to flatten. Despite what some authors have written online and in print, most blue painters tapes are not inherently elastic. Flat cut slip match maple wood veneer is one of the many types of maple veneers on the market. Anigre, ash, birch, cherry, hickory, maple, red oak, white oak, rosewood, teak, and walnut.
Hardwood veneer whole piece, book matched, slip matched. Alternating strips of veneer from the same log section flitch are turned over so the adjacent leaves appear to open as the pages of a book. Veneer is book matched endtoend as well as sidetoside. Maple burl 4 way match veneer pack, 8x18 4pc wood veneers. These curly maple wood veneer sheets are known by many names including flame, tiger, and fiddleback maple.
These real wood veneers are cut from premium birdseye maple with a dense distribution of eyes and often exhibiting a backdrop of strikingly shimmering grain. Book match definition is to match the grains of a pair of sheets of veneer or plywood so that one sheet seems to be the mirror image of the other. Rotarycut maple veneer available in several sizes, paperback or wood on wood, and with or without psa backing. 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. Make sure the pieces are tight and flat at the joint.
Maple wood edge tape ironon 16 x 25 roll real wood edge banding tape is for covering the edges of plywood and other nonwood edges and surfaces that need to be nicely finished. Appropriate when panel height exceeds the veneer length. Bookmatched finely figured veneer top with brass gallery. The slip match can really give you a different look than book matching. Wood grain figures match at the joints creating a pleasing look of continuity and symmetry in a bank of cabinets or drawers. Veneer slices are joined in sequence without flipping the pattern. Edge supply maple 1 x 50 roll, wood veneer edge banding preglued, iron on with hot melt adhesive, flexible wood tape sanded to perfection.
They are widely used for the fabrication of wood door,cabinet and furniture. Maple grows in the eastern united states and canada. Spalted maple veneer sheets specifications the spalting pattern in every batch of veneer we process is like a fingerprint, no two are the same. When the log is sliced see plywood slicing the flinches are matched for color and grain. Most veneers are 2 thick, and will not be less than 164 thick. This matching gives an aesthetically pleasing continuity of the wood grain. Veneer matching custom veneer and production plywood panels. This veneer is probably not a good choice for beginners. In addition to online sales our trade counter is located in stockport, cheshire and is open to the public and trade customers. Ovis offers a broad range of psa veneers from veneer tech. Matching selections may be more obvious in some species than in others depending on the natural grain characteristic of that wood species. Youll often find it necessary to join two or more pieces of veneer together to make up a large panel.
Whether it be skateboard or longboard, maple can hold up through all of the wear and tear. White gummed paper veneer tape which is quite cheap by the roll and has a series of punched holes in it is still the best tape to use for joining unless you want to do a lot then go for a stitcher. Click to add item veneer doubleedged trimmer to the compare list. How to do a sweet book matched veneer top on a strat.
As applied to wood, bookmatching is usually done with veneer produced in. The greatest luthiers trick of all down with double sided tape. Color matching is the part that will be the hardest, because each manufacturer has its version of maple. This type of veneer can be difficult to find but they are available at in the paperbacked veneer category. Joining two pieces of bookmatched veneer creates a beautiful, nearly symmetrical. Maple, also known as white maple, is one of the most popular species of wood veneer. Skelang birch 34 x 50 roll wood veneer edge banding preglued ironon with hot melt adhesive edgebanding flexible wood tape.
Note, aa grade veneer also requires wider minimums for face components with. Fiddleback maple wood veneer we recently found this instrument grade curly maple aka fiddleback veneer during a trip to germany. It is easy to apply,and the most important is the kerf. Usually done with lower grades of veneer, the leaves may be of varying width, colors and grains. 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. The figure, which occurs in less than 1 in 25 logs, contains crossgrain shimmering ripples where cell orientation is balanced but uneven. The term match, and its derivatives, matched or matching, is frequently used in discussing decorative wood veneered panel products. Any sequence matching from opening to opening must be specified.
Vintage baker end table book matched figured veneer top brass mounts, click to view image album click to view image album click to view image album click to view image album excellent quality end table by the master craftsmen at baker. Matched, the society officials have determined optimal outcomes for all aspects of daily life, thereby removing the burden of choice. High points furniture industry has been a major player in the states economy for over a hundred years. Bookmatching takes advantage of the sequential nature of veneer. Regardless if youre a hobbyist or a furniture maker, you will be delighted with the results. Continuous pieces of veneer peeled from a log using a rotary process. Book matched veneer is sliced and every other leaf of the veneer is turned over like pages of a book facing each other. Prominent characteristics will flow across the match. From afzelia to zebrawood, theres something here for everyone. Click to see pictures of our entire stock of this wood species. The grading is well beyond our normal aaa quilted maple and the pictures just do not convey the exceptional figure found in each of these veneers.
Bandit 34210 real wood veneer ironon edgebanding, 34 x 25, red oak. A plank matched paperbacked veneer solves this problem. The species ranges widely in the northern hemisphere and craftsmen enjoy its workability. It is made from individual veneers from different logs of the same species which creates a look of solid lumber more so that any other type of veneer lay up. It is one of the most popular wood species on the market. Its becoming hard to find highly figured veneers in large sizes. It is the most common type of veneer matching and may be used with plain sliced, quarter sliced or. Thats fine for pretaping a veneer seam if the veneer edges lines up perfectly, but often there is an edge that needs a little extra pull to keep the seam tight. Having a familiarity with these figure variances will be helpful when specifying these products.
Panel matching is then required to define how the completed veneer face is positioned during production of the panel. Our 4waymatched maple veneers are offered in some of the most stunning and exotic grain patterns found in wood. The difference between a custom and premium grade doors is the veneer grade, adopted from hpva panel veneer grading tables, and veneer assembly. Were also proud to offer some of the finest paperbacked and 2ply wood veneer available in addition to accurate measurements and realtime inventory. Mappa burl veneer 8 x 18 sequence matched 4piece 5.
Flip the sheet over and apply veneer tape over the joints on the face side. The concept of slicing lumber into thin leaves and rearranging them to accentuate the grain character and create unique patterns has been practiced by. Maple wood edge banding tape 78 25 roll wood lumber. When cassias best friend is identified as her ideal marriage match it confirms her belief that society knows best, until she plugs in her match microchip. To avoid a striped palingfence effect, quartercut may be best specified as slip matched. Veneer matching occurs first and specifies how individual veneer leaves will be joined together on the face of the panel. Blueprint match architectural grade veneers are matched for continuity of grain and color for various size panels, doors and transoms. Stay tuned for lots more videos on these, and other, projects. Each is in stock and ready to ship within one business day. Heres a quick demo of how i book match veneers to achieve the desired length i need for casework. Use a quality veneer softener that temporarily plasticizes the wood cells, flattens and makes the veneer flexible. Then roll glue on its exposed face and carefully position the bookmatched veneer on top, tapeside up.
Often used with quarter sliced and rift sliced veneers, this is the process in which a sequence of matching veneer leaves or consecutive sheets of veneer are slipped out one after the next, to form the face of a panel product. The first bullet point listed above includes the terms book match, slip match, and random match. Woodcraft woodshop rock hard maple skateboard veneers 7ply. Maple veneer is typically a creamy white to a pink tinged light yellow wood that ages to a deep pale gold color. Book match is the most common veneer leaf assembly. Refinishing antique or modern furniturecabinets, adding that special touch, repairing or restoring your furniture has never. Wetting the back of veneer tape activates the glue. Edge supply birch 2 in x 50 ft roll, wood veneer edge banding preglued, iron on with hot melt adhesive, flexible wood tape sanded to perfection. Tonetech ltd provides luthier supplies, luthier tools, guitar paint and nitrocellulose lacquers across the uk and europe. Maple veneer has a wide range of applications including furniture, wall panels, cabinets, casework and architectural millwork.
This stepbystep howto from supplies tips and cautions for getting the best results when you seam veneer using tapes. The good news is that this method can reveal some amazing results that can only be achieved with veneer. The fun really kicks in when you start book matching veneer. Small cross pieces along the join and then a long strip straight down the. The slip match can really give you a different look than bookmatching. Quartered maple veneer is a standard veneer that is perfect for nearly any project.
Apply a thin, even layer of glue to the substrate photo 10. For architects and designers specifying flat cut slip match maple veneer, please reference product number dsv8359. Dip precut lengths of tape into a bucket of warm water. Undulating and uninterrupted waves on the bark typically indicate a quilted tree or log. It can be laid up on a panel face in different sorts of matching.
Matched veneer article about matched veneer by the free. The contrast of white tape on a brown veneer is an excellent visual indicator of any tape remaining on the surface that needs to be sanded off. Maple is a hardwood that is dense, relatively easy to work with and strong. Make your own 4way book matched panel with walnut burl veneer. Wood veneer, maple, flat cut, 2 x 8, 10 mil paper backer. If the grain is straight, the joints will not be obvious. In book matched veneer, alternating pieces of veneer are placed in such a way that they face each other like the pages in a book. Panel positioning involves the orientation of finished panels during the construction process. Birdseye maple sequenced matched 4way veneer pack rockler.
Our quilted maple wood veneer sheets shown below come in wide assortment of sizes so you can order exactly what is needed for your next project. Until recently i had never seen anything with such an amazing curl and shimmer so we bought the entire stock. Allowing you to easily apply the stunning and unique beauty of the burl to your wood work. Creating a bookmatched veneer panel part 2 youtube. Two consecutive leaves of veneer are book matched and the next two are flipped, creating a fourpiece end match also called a book andbutt match. Curly maple bookmatched tops north ridge hardwoods. Since one side of each leaf can reflect light or accept stain different than the.
Edge supply maple 34 x 25 roll, wood veneer edge banding preglued, iron on with hot melt adhesive, flexible wood tape sanded to perfection. Click to add item veneer doubleedged trimmer to your list. Turn your matched pairs over and join together tightly with masking tape. We understand that some people want to see a picture before purchasing so as time allows we post some of our available tops below. A technique for matching wood veneer veneer book matching is the most frequently used method for matching wood veneer. Never apply glue to the the veneerit will curl before you can get it into the bag.
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