Vintage Veneer Slicing Machine

[Jim Koepke]

This was on a friend's Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/reel/848097902923116

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The blade that does the slicing is probably a bit of work to sharpen.

jtk

[Howard Pollack]

No kidding! I'd love to see how the sharpener does it...-Howard

[Kent A Bathurst]

By hand with a stone. Maybe an attachable framework as a guide.

It's not like the structure of that machine is going to produce tight-tolerance product.

[Jim Koepke]

By hand with a stone. Maybe an attachable framework as a guide.

It's not like the structure of that machine is going to produce tight-tolerance product.

True, but for quality one wouldn't want nicks making lines across the veneer. The product needs to be fairly uniform.

jtk

[Kent A Bathurst]

True, but for quality one wouldn't want nicks making lines across the veneer. The product needs to be fairly uniform.

jtk

Absolutely - Agreed - I only meant that it didn't need a 10 foot surface grinder for perfectly straight and polished edge - that is outside the tolerance capability of the machine. What can be achieved with a hand-held stone by an experienced operator will be fine.

[Maurice Mcmurry]

Thanks Jim, that is fun to see!

[Jim Koepke]

Thanks Jim, that is fun to see!

I think if is funny that it takes five people to stack the flitches. Two to peel them out and three to stack.

jtk