Peeling techniques

Rotary cutting

The rotary cutting of logs split into thirds or quarters brings out the individual beauty of such high-quality species as Bird's-Eye Maple, Bubinga, and above all, decorative burls such as Walnut, Redwood, Madrona, Maple, Ash or Poplar with grain infinitely better than would be possible using slicing machines.

Stay-log cutting

This process has developed from the eccentric peeling technique described above. The cut through the annual rings is considerably flatter so that it produces all flat cut grain with no quarters and somewhat wider sheets with a flowery structure. Another advantage of the stay-log technique is that even woods with a smaller log diameter can be used commercially.

Rift cutting

Log segments can be fixed on the machine for stay-log cutting. The manufacture of vertical grain veneers, i.e., veneers with a stripy texture, can be produced using this technique.

Cutting from the heart

Unlike rift cutting and half round cutting from the outside in, the log can also be split into thirds and then peeled from the inside out. This has the advantage of producing only veneers with cathedral or narrow heart, but no quarters. In addition, most of the sap stays in the core. Unfortunately, the net yield from the log is somewhat reduced because of the fact that you now have three cores instead of two, as you get when you are cutting two half round flitches from the outside inwards.