On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:32:00 GMT, "John Moorhead"
wrote:

Folks -

Well, I've only made bits and pcs of "shop" veneer before, but needed a
fair amount to cover the plainsawn sides of quartersawn white oak legs, 24
pcs total.

I have a *gasp* Harbor Freight 1 1/2 hp 14 bandsaw w/riser. I was using a
twolf 3/4" blade and tho' the cutting was slow, I was pleasantly surprised
at how evenly the saw cut. I was getting a fair amount of vibration, but
didn't suffer any blowout - and cut the pcs just shy of 1/16"... Ran them
all through the drum sander and they cleaned up purdy quick. I will post
pics of the progress later in ABPW. I can see that a saw with more power
would be...good...

As a lark, I was able to sand some of the surplus veneer down to .013 +/-
.003 on the drum sander. How they produce commercial veneer for hardwood
plywood that is *SO* thin seems like a black art to me. It must take a hell
of a lot of power, cast iron and way scary sharp blades...

John

As Bridger mentioned, those plies are sliced. After all the plys are
glued up, the whole thing is put thru a huge sander, so getting the
veneer down to see-thru is no big trick.