Method of producing cured wood veneer article

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THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A ROTARY CUT CURED VENEER ARTICLE HAVING A BACKING WHICH COMPRISES SECURING A SHEET OF FABRIC TO THE TIGHT SIDE OF A SHEET OF ROTARY CUT GREEN WOOD VENEER HAVING A THICKNESS OF FROM ABOUT 1/16" TO ABOUT 3/16" AND HAVING CHECKS SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ON THE LOOSE SIDE OF THE VENEER WITH AN ADHESIVE COMPRISING SOYBEAN PROTEIN DISPERSED IN AN AQEOUS MEDIA HAVING A PH IN THE RANGE OF 2.0 TO 6.0, PRESSING THE FABRIC PLY OF THE THUS FORMED LAMINATE AGAINST A SCREEN OF A MESH OF FROM 7 TO 20 AT AN ABSOLUTE PRESSURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 40 P. S. I. TO A MAXIMUM ABSOLUTE PRESSURE SUBSTANTIALLY AS GIVEN BY THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: P=556D2 WHERE P=ABSOLUTE PRESSURE AND D=THE OVEN DRY DENSITY OF THE VENEER, TO INDENT THE SURFACE OF THE TIGHT SIDE OF THE VENEER WITH THE SCREEN AND SIMULTANEOUSLY SUBJECTING THE LAMINATE TO A TEMPERATURE OF WITHIN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 705*A. TO A MAXIMUM ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY AS GIVEN BY THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: T=1086D0.4 WHERE T=TEMPERATURE IN DEGREES ABSOLUTE AND D=THE OVEN DRY DENSITY OF THE VENEER, SAID TEMPERATURE NEVER EXCEEDING 856*A., TO REDUCE THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE VENEER TO SUBSTANTIALLY ZERO AND SET THE ADHESIVE AND RETURNING THE THUS TREATED LAMINATE TO ROOM TEMPERATURE, SAID METHOD PRODUCING CHECKS ON THE TIGHT SIDE OF THE VENEER TO SUBSTANTIALLY BALANCE THE CHECKS ON THE LOOSE SIDE OF THE VENEER.