Some of the items we make are from laminate wood. Laminating is process in which you take
several layers of thinly cut wood. Each
piece of wood is then coated with glue and compressed until
the glue is dry. We call this laminate
the “bendel’s” after retailer whose signature logo is brown and white stripes.
You can see on the end
grain how the glue squishes out. This
edge is later cut off to make it square (give it a flat surface)
On
the long end you can see how it will look after it is cut.
This is how it looks after finishing and assembling the pen parts.
Very interesting post! My dad was cabinet maker many years ago (in the 1940s!) and years later had a lathe at home and worked on wood as a hobby - I fell asleep to the sound of a saw too! My favorite trees are the birches of New England where I am originally from. This is a really nice blog - good luck with it!
ReplyDeleteI thought I was the only one! My folks are from Western MA Pittsfield area. Birches are a wonderful tree.
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