War was good business for plywood and the 30 war-time mills produced between 1. These made plywood barracks, plywood PT boats, plywood gliders for the Air Force, plywood crates for machinery parts and plywood huts for the Seabees in the South Pacific. By , mills were producing 4 billion square feet of the stuff and production skyrocketed to 7. By , production was 16 billion square feet, more than double what had been forecast 20 years before.
It is also remarkable because it allows the use of softer and more plentiful woods like fir and pine to be used in products that formerly called for hardwoods. Instead of solid sheets of veneer, OSB uses small wood strands glued together in cross-laminated layers. Thanks for such a useful post for my and my business. Back then, veneers were used to beautify an already well-built piece of furniture. By the mid 19th century, things took a turn.
Veneers were being made as a means to cover up a shoddy framework. That, plus the emergence of the mechanised cutting machines changed the status of plywood from expensive to cheap. It was so affordable that it was then being used in making common household items such as tables, chests, cabinets, and doors.
The 20th century welcomed the emergence of high-quality synthetic water-resistant glues and became one of the most important innovations in the history of plywood. Up until then, the only glues available for use were of plant and animal origin. Plywood played a very important role in World War II. It was used in the construction of boats, barracks, weapons, and aeroplanes. It flew higher and faster than any other bomber at that point, which elevated the status of plywood.
This might lead you to believe that plywood would reach heroic status. In the following decades bending plywood will be improved more and more so that it could reach the level we have today. What can we talk about bent plywood in the Estonian perspective?
In the beginning of 20th century, a plywood and furniture production company named Luther operated in Estonia. Their biggest reseller was in the UK and the company was called Venesta. In the product portfolio were hat boxes, handbags, suitcases that were promoted as light but strong cases and for what the selection was quite wide. Luther tried to influence the industry so that people would use lighter baggage in the s so that travelling with planes and cars would be more comfortable.
It was copied a lot in Europe and also by Luther who did it and sold it quite well. History of bent plywood is very detailed and long, which is why telling everything about it is quite difficult. We hope that this brief and informative overview gave you an idea of how fast and strongly the material has gathered popularity and how wide is the usage of this material. Still, we think that we have not seen everything just yet! When we regularly visit furniture fairs we see that the bent plywood possibilities are endless and even better are created.
We hope to share our fair share of the achievements we do in the bent plywood furniture segment. All posts. Summer holidays Coronavirus March, health, safety, take care, contact.
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