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  2. Wood veneer - Wikipedia

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    This yields veneer that looks like sawn pieces of wood, cut across the growth rings; such veneer is referred to as "crown cut". A half-round lathe in which the log or piece of log can be turned and moved in such a way as to expose the most interesting parts of the grain, creating a more textured feel and appearance; such veneer is commonly ...

  3. Laminated veneer lumber - Wikipedia

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    The invention of laminated veneer lumber as known today can be attributed to Arthur Troutner. While glue laminated wood veneers were in use since the middle of the 19th century on a small scale for furniture and pianos, Troutner was the first to develop a laminated veneer lumber of a scale large enough to be used in construction.

  4. Multilaminar veneer - Wikipedia

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    Multilaminar wood veneer uses plantation wood to reproduce decorative effects that are typical of quality wood species (often protected and rare). This aids the preservation of biodiversity and complies with the principles of sustainable forest management. In this veneering process, large sheets of veneer are produced on a machine similar to a ...

  5. Solid wood - Wikipedia

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    It is common today for furniture manufacturers and retailers to advertise such veneered plywood furniture as made of "wood solids with cherry veneers". Most customers believe that to mean solid planks of less expensive woods such as poplar, etc., with expensive woods such as cherry used for veneers. However, "wood solids" is a term of art.

  6. Oystering - Wikipedia

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    Oystering or oyster veneer is a decorative form of veneering, a type of parquetry. [1] This technique is using thin slices of wood branches or roots cut in cross-section, usually from small branches of walnut , olive , kingwood and less commonly laburnum , yew and cocus . [ 1 ]

  7. Marquetry - Wikipedia

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    Although marquetry is a technique separate from inlay, English marquetry-makers were called "inlayers" throughout the 18th century. In Paris, before 1789, makers of veneered or marquetry furniture (ébénistes) belonged to a separate guild from chair-makers and other furniture craftsmen working in solid wood (menuisiers).

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