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MAKING FIR PLY WOOD P106
Giant lathes are used to peal the veneer from the
fine, knot-free Douglas Fir used in the making of fir
plywood.
blade (at back) which "shaves" off the ribbon of wood
usually from a tenth to a seventh of an inch thick.
The block is rotated against a keen-cutting
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18671N
The continuous sheet of wood unwinds from
the giant lathe almost like paper in a newspaper
press. Later the sheet is clipped into desired
sizes and glued into plywood panels. From two
eight foot "peeler blocks” 50 inches in diameter,
5,000 square feet of plywood is manufactured
-enough to build a small all-plywood house.
K к
CO
Year of 1947
