Veneer
Veneer
Veneer is the basic material of intarsia. These pages explain what veneer is and how it is made, which cuts exist and how the cut shapes the figure, in which thicknesses and forms it is sold, and how to check a sheet, store it properly and work it with veneer tape. Pages not yet translated are marked and lead to the German original.
- What is veneer? How decorative veneer is made, how thick it is and how it behaves.
- Types of veneer and cuts Quarter, crown and cross cuts: their character and their use in intarsia.
- Veneer grades and supply forms Sheet sizes, thicknesses, tolerances and the forms in which veneer for intarsia is sold.
- Judging veneer quality Thickness, splits, knots, cockling, colour, sapwood and the knife side: checking a sheet before the first cut.
- Veneer tape Perforated or plain, applying it, pressing and removing it cleanly: what holds an intarsia together until pressing.
- Storing veneer Flat and weighted, in the right climate, out of the light: storing, acclimatising and labelling sheets and offcuts.