Three brothers: planed, peeled and reconstructed veneer.

Veneer is nothing more than a thin layer of wood of a certain thickness, produced by peeling, planing, or sawing logs. 
Veneered doors appeared not so long ago, but the technology of veneer production has been known for more than 4,000 years.

The idea of sawing wood into thin sheets was invented by the masters of ancient Egypt. In the country, located in the middle of the desert, there were few trees, and therefore natural wood was literally worth its weight in gold. Egyptian craftsmen came up with the technology of economical use of such scarce and expensive raw materials in ancient Egypt. At that time, the production of veneer was a very labor-intensive process, requiring more effort than today. However, the products of that time, found by archaeologists, make us bow before the art with which the ancient masters were able to convey the beauty of wood.

The technology of veneer production has survived the centuries. It was used by the masters of the Middle Ages, was fashionable in the Baroque era, and improved by modern technology, found its application in modern production.

Today, there are two types of veneer: planed veneer and peeled veneer (one of the varieties of which is reconstructed veneer). 
In the production of planed veneer, a running knife planks a pre-fixed log.

To obtain a peeled veneer, the wooden bar rotates around a stationary knife. The veneer is cut off by simultaneously rotating the chock around the axis and pushing the knife on it. Thus, the wood is cut in a spiral, and a continuous strip of veneer comes out from the knife. As a result, sheets of veneer with a thickness of 0.2 to 3 mm are obtained, which are then folded into bundles.

Reconstructed veneer or, as it is also called, fine-line veneer is a veneer made from peeled veneer of soft wood. For the production of reconstructed veneer, a special technology is used to stack many thin layers of wood of various types of wood. Each layer is individually tinted and they are folded in such a way that the result is an array, from which the veneer is then obtained.

The reconstructed veneer is more difficult to produce, but its aesthetic qualities are always on top. It can not repeat any of the existing types of wood and have a completely original structure, pattern and color.

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Pub date: 2021.06.01