Veneer Cuts and Matching

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Veneer Cutsand Matching
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Veneer Cuts
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• Plain (Flat) Slicing
• Wider
• Available
• Quarter Slicing
• Narrow striping
• Flake in Oaks
• Rift Slicing (Oaks)
• Narrow striping
• Minimized Flake
• Rotary Slicing
• Wild figure

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• Veneer
• After selecting species, the veneer for
  flush doors is selected from the following
  criteria
• Veneer Cuts
• Match between leaves
• Match within a single panel face
• Match between door and transom

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Plain Slicing
Quarter Slicing

• Cut across growth rings
• Most common type of cut
• Cathedral pattern
• Straight pattern at edges

• Uses ¼ section of log
• Cut perpendicular to rings
• Narrow boards leaves
• Stripe pattern

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Rift Slicing
Rotary Slicing

• Most often in Oak
• Veneers are lathe-sliced
• Even, narrower leaves
• Stripe pattern - Avoids the decorative flake

• Paper towels off a roll
• AWI Custom Economy Grade
• Limited architectural use
• Used for special effects
• Wild figure in most species

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Matching Between Leaves
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• Book (most common for commercial work)
• Slip
• Random

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Book
Slip
Random

• Most common
• Leaves like book
• Joints match, symmetrical
• Used w/Plain Slicing
• Potential barber-poling

• Leaves out of sequence
• Casual, rustic, appearance
• More difficult to control

• 2nd most common
• Leaves in sequence
• Repeating figure, no grain match at joints
• Good w/quartered and rift
• Sometimes leans

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Match Within a Single Panel Face
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• Running (most common)
• Balance
• Balance and center

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Running
Balance
Balance Center

• Each face uses maximum yield
• Unequal widths
• Seldom sequenced numbered panel sets
• Not related to room or most pleasing

• Nominal uniform width
• Always even number of leaves either side of a
  center line
• Considered most pleasing
• Modest loss of figure due to clipping

• Nominal uniform width
• Pleasing appearance
• Most common
• Moderate cost

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Doors with Transoms
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Continuous match

• Continuous match is the most common.
• No match is not aesthetically pleasing and is
  typically used on economy grade doors

End match
No match