Descor Overview

1. Descor Overview • In Business since 1988 • 200,000 sq. ft of manufacturing space • Dedicated casegoods & table plant • 230 employees - day & night shift

2. Quality Features • Hardwood Solids - Series edge details, conference table edges, bridge copes, drawer interiors (optional), routed finger pulls, end-panel bottoms • Full Box Construction for all Pedestals • Veneer Selection & Lay Up • 3D Construction & Finishing • Catalyzed Conversion Varnish • Quality Assurance

3. Options • Work Surface Support Upgrades • Maple Veneer, Solid Oak or Metal drawer interiors • Hardwood routed finger pull or handles • Veneer Type, Cut & Pattern • Full Fill Finish Add 5% • Uniform Grain Direction - No Up Charge • Glass Doors Wood or Aluminum Framed

4. Veneer

5. Standard Veneer Cherry Maple Walnut Red Oak

6. Veneer Slicing Mill Veneer Slicing Process

7. Veneer • Cherry, Maple & Walnut • Clipped & Bundled • 1/50” thick • Oak • Half Log Flitch • 1/39” thick

8. Veneer Slicing Methods Plain-Sliced Veneer is the most widely used in architectural doors. It is manufactured by advancing a half log against a stationary knife in an up-and-down movement. The resulting cut is characterized by straight grain intermixed with cathedrals. This method is moderately priced and is available for most wood species.  Quarter-Sliced Veneer uses the same cutting method as plain-sliced veneer, except the log is cut into quarters prior to slicing. This method bisects annual growth rings and results in a straight grain or ribbon-striped (mahogany) appearance. Due to low yield from the log, this veneer is usually more costly. This method with oak produces “flake” or “tiger” oak. Rotary-Cut Veneer is manufactured by advancing a rotating log against a stationary knife. Since this cut follows the log's annual growth rings, a wide, bold grain pattern is produced. Rotary cut veneer is a cost effective method to obtain remarkable effects from birch, maple and oak. Rift-Cut Veneer uses various species of oak. The rift, or comb-grain effect, is obtained by slicing slightly across the medullary rays. This accentuates the vertical grain and minimized the flake. Rift-cut veneers are more expensive due to lower yield from the log.

9. Veneer Slicing Methods Half-Round Slicing is achieved by cutting on an arc roughly parallel to the centre of the log this creates a wider more open grain pattern and greater leaf width. This method is typically used for exotic highly figured woods

10. The Exotics How Special Figure is Produced A.    Crotch Sliced/Curl formed at the juncture between main trunk and branch B.    Burl which is cut through a wart-like protuberance C.    Fiddleback figure, the result of cutting through wavy grain

11. Premium Veneers Elm Burl Walnut Burl Bamboo Aniegre Birdseye Maple Wenge Sapelli Zebrawood

12. Standard Veneer Lay-Up Flat cut book match Rift cut slip match Flat cut reverse diamond Flat cut sunburst

13. Standard Veneer Lay-Up Book & Butt Match Diamond Herringbone

14. Veneer Lay-Up Veneer leafs are joined together 2 at a time with a small bead of glue the runs the length of the leaf

15. Sunburst Pattern

16. Sunburst Pattern

17. Book and Butt Match Steps Stack Trim Book Match Book and Butt Match

18. Book and Butt Matched Patterns Walnut Burl Elm Burl Figured Makore Curly Maple

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