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   johnhardy | Mar 28, 2003 07:43pm | #1

   Rotary cut veneer looks like ... well ... veneer. Sliced and book-matched veneer could be veneer or it could be solid wood. Which side would I use? If you haven't guessed by now you haven't been reading. The book-matched side.

   John

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   GeeSeaWhy | Mar 28, 2003 08:19pm | #2

   The sliced side should look like planks cut from a log, the rotary cut side will not. And if they are book-matched you should be able to line up consecutive sheets so the grain patterns match up like mirror images. So the sliced side will give you the more normal (like solid lumber) look.

   HTH

   Graeme

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   RoyinMD | Mar 28, 2003 08:46pm | #3

   I'd say bookmatched but hey its users' call.

   I fumbled this one. I did an oak TV cabinet (DVD, VCR, surge strip and tapes/disks inside, TV on top). Sides and doors are raised panels, base and one shelf are ply. The top was to be 6/4 oak but the glue up twisted on me (later became an end table top). So I went to ply for the top. Didn't look or think enough, I used the rotary cut on top. When I saw the finish inside I could have died. The rotary finish didn't match the solid wood finish at all. The good news, the TV and telephone answering machine cover 90% of the top.

   Enjoy, Roy

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   JerseyJohn | Mar 31, 2003 11:03pm | #4

   Doug,

   What you have is a two ply face.  The book matched face was made and then further hot pressed to a rotary backer at about 175psi using a dry sheet glue.  The backer serves to stabilize the face veneer.  The bookmatched face is the one intended for the exterior, face side of the furniture

   Regards

   John Ersing

   Veneer Systems

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   DougF | Mar 31, 2003 11:22pm | #5

   Thanks to all.  I used the bookmatched face.