About Us
Established In 1947, Florida Southern Plywood Is A Full Line Specialty Plywood, Cabinet & Lumber Distributor, From Our Warehouse Facilities In Jacksonville, Florida.
Our Warehouse
- 5909 West 5th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32254
- (904) 786-4382
- Open Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm
- info@fspcjax.com
About Our Veneers
Florida Southern Plywood offers more than 100 wood species of wood veneer edge banding, with a complete selection of backer types.
Florida Southern Plywood stocks 20 varieties of veneer (with a wood backer) and has the ability to source more than 100 different wood species from around the world. We also stock matching wood edge banding with or without glue, depending on your application process or needs.
Florida Southern Plywood is able to offer some of the most competitive pricing on wood veneer and edge banding from VeneerTech, the industry leader in Veneer Technology.
If you don’t see what you are looking for, please don’t hesitate to give us a call!
available species
All veneers subject to availability, limited species in stock
Light Veneers
Ash White Plain Sliced
Ash White Quartered
Birch Natural
Birch White Rotary
Cedar Western Red
Cypress Plain Sliced
Cypress Quartered
Fir Douglas
Koto
Maple Birdseye
Maple Curly
Maple Natural
Maple White Plain Sliced
Maple White Quartered Figured
Maple White Quartered
Maple Wormy
Natural Ash
Pine Carolina Plain Sliced
Pine Carolina Quartered
Pine Clear White
Pine Knotty
Poplar Plain Sliced
Sycamore English Quartered Figured
Medium Veneers
Alder Red Plain Sliced
Anegre Qrt’d Plain
Anegre Qtr’d Fgr’d Block
Anegre Quartered Figured
Ash Olive Burl
Ash Tamo
Avodire
Beech Euro Plain Sliced
Beech Euro Steamed Qrtr’d
Birch Red Rotary
Butternut Plain Sliced
Cedar Spanish
Cherry Plain Sliced
Cherry Qtr’d Figured
Cherry Qtr’d
Cherry Ropey
Chestnut Euro Plain Sliced
Elm Red Plain Sliced
Eucalyptus Qtr’d
Hickory Pecan Plain Sliced
Koa
Lacewood
Laurel Burl
Limba Black
Maple White Quilted
Oak Red Qtr’d Flakey
Oak Red Rift
Oak White Plain Sliced
Oak White Qtr’d Flakey
Pearwood Swiss Plain Sliced
Prima Vera Qtr’d
Dark Veneers
Bubinga Qtr’d
Cedar Aromatic
Elm Carpathian Burl
Etimoe
Imbuia
Kevazinga Plain Sliced
Madrone Burl
Madrone Plain Sliced
Mahogany African Qtr’d
Mahogany Crotch
Makore Qtr’d Figure Block Mott
Makore Qtr’d Figured
Maple Burl
Padauk
Redwood
Rosewood Santos
Sapele Pommele
Sapele Qtr’d
Teak Golden Plain Sliced
Teak Golden Qtr’d
Teak Plain Sliced
Teak Qtr’d Figured
Walnut Burl
Walnut Plain Sliced
Walnut Qtr’d
Walnut Swirly Burl
Wenge Plain Sliced
Wenge Qtr’d
Yew English
Zebrawood Qtr’d
Veneer Cuts
The manner in which veneers are cut is an important factor in producing the various visual effects obtained. Two woods of the same species, but with their veneer cut differently, will have entirely different visual character even though color values are similar. In plywood manufacture, there are four principal methods of cutting veneer:
The half log, of flitch, is mounted with the heart side flat against the guide plate of the slicer and the slicing is done parallel to a line through the center of the log. This produces a figure to that of plain sawn lumber.
The quarter log, or flitch, is mounted on the guide plate so that the growth rings of the log strike the knife at approximately right angles. This produces a series of stripes, straight in some woods, varied in others.
Rift-cut veneer is produced in the various species of Oak. Oak has medullary ray cells, which radiate from the center of the log like the spokes of a wheel. The rift, or comb grain effect, is obtained by slicing slightly across the medullary rays. This accentuates the vertical grain and minimizes the flake.
The log is mounted centrally in the lathe and turned against a razor sharp blade, like unwinding a roll of paper. Since the cut follows the log’s annular growth rings, a bold grain figure is produced. Rotary cut veneer is exceptionally wide, and matching at veneer joints is relatively difficult. Almost all softwood plywood is cut in this manner. Lengths in all hardwoods are limited to 10 feet.
