ANCIENT ART
Veneer cutting with hand tools has been known since ancient times, and archaeologists continue to discover in Egypt and the Middle East specimens of rare woods used for furniture ornamentation. Ultimately, machines for veneer utting and synthetic resin glues were developed, enabling the engineering of veneers into plywood, which, with its laminated “opposed grain” structure is stronger than sawn timber.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30738, 30 April 1965, Page 15
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