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Show ICrcssbands Give Plywood Strength Reasons for the strength and permanence of furniture and wall paneling of hardwood plywood and veneer IM! gwfi woods' fin; )AJM1 resistant to , g M splitting and ' AViVAHj warpingbe- . ANY. M cause the A 'M W grains of al-ternate al-ternate plies po iwiifr run at right . , angles to each LLlr " "Vl I 'i I j other. r 111 ffuii This is how L U 1 five-ply ply- Lil J y, .. ,rj wood is made. u 11 ' if ll'i Arrows indi- ' cate the direction in which the grain runs. Plies A and E are the hardwood face veneers, for which attractively figured foreign and domestic woods are selected. Plies B and D are known as crossbands, and Ply C, in the center, is the core. The crossbands and the core are cut from tough, durable wood, but need not be so beautiful as the' face veneer. |