Rochester Woodworkers Society


Some of the early birds for the Introduction to Veneering workshop on Saturday, March 30th	The registration table is taking care of lunch orders	Jim Carroll from Certainly Wood was our featured speaker ...	along with his long-time friend Jeff Petko of Gecko Custom Woodworking

We had a good sized crowd with 37 RWS members and guests taking the workshop	Jim did an interesting introduction covering the history, politics, and current state of veneering	Jim then covered the vocabulary of the veneering industry as well as the manufacturing techniques	He brought a great assortment of the veneer available from Certainly Wood

Jim shows an example of book matching veneer to create the effect and produce larger material	Some species and cutting techniques yield much larger pieces of veneer	An interesting pattern created by book matching	The morning session over brought lunch from DiBella's

The afternoon session started with other products available such as paper backed veneer	Jeff gets an example veneer job started in the press to have it available later in the day	Jeff begins his portion with an explanation of the types and virtues of various backing mat'ls	Jeff is heavily involved with veneering at his own company, Gecko Custom Woodworks
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Photos by Kurt Hertzog

Introduction to Veneering Workshop