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   mwenz | Aug 22, 2006 04:38am | #1

   Not a student here...Krenov used shop-sawn veneer quite a bit over the years. He uses Baltic Birch for cores and has used cross-banded cores as well in days past.

   Take care, Mike

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   DickL | Aug 22, 2006 05:25am | #2

   You can probably get a good answer from David Finck, who was one of his students. David, interestingly enough, offers a class on band sawn veneering, which I have attended and highly recommend. Email David at davidfinck.com and I'll bet you get an answer - he's one of the good guys.

   Regards,
   Dick

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   kevink | Aug 22, 2006 11:40pm | #3

   Hi Bob,
   Last fall I visited with Krenov a couple of times at his shop in Nor Cal. For his more recent pieces he would use Baltic Birch for the substrate. He was strongly opposed to MDF. I'm not aware of him creating his own cores, though I know that this is a technique used by students at Capella Garten, the school founded by Krenov's teacher Carl Malmsten. For an adhesive he was using white glue.

   Regards,

   Kevin

   (P.S. I would love to be in the Adirondacks right now - I'm so envious!)

   Edited 8/22/2006 4:42 pm by kevink

   
   

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   Edited 8/22/2006 4:42 pm by kevink

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   | Aug 23, 2006 12:07am | #4

   Hello Kevin,

   Thanks for the info., however, I am still confused, is it baltic birch plywood or a core made up of solid baltic birch?

   Thanks

   Bob, Tupper Lake, NY

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   kevink | Aug 23, 2006 01:40am | #5

   plywood

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   gb93433 | Aug 23, 2006 06:50am | #6

   Often he used "cross bond" a material which I think was made in Sweden. It uses sprice as the core material. It is like lumber core plywood but without the face veneer. He has also used Baltic Birch plywood and sometimes they made their own. On curved panels the school often used door skins or 1/8" plywood.

   
   

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