Design Solutions - Summer 2008 - (Page 57) a large number of panels side by side. Balance Match There is a continuity of pattern that – is a pleasant comseems right to the eye. Balance Match promise between the is the most common form of panel good yields of Running assembly, and Balance Match, because Match and the conwe can use more of the veneer, is modcerns we all have with erate in cost. the appearance of Balance and Center Match – goes the product. Balance one step further. The leaves are still Matched faces have about the same width across the face, leaves of approximately with the outside leaves just a little the same width all smaller due to the final trimming. across the face. The The difference between Balance and two outside leaves will Center/Balance is there will always be be slightly narrower Figure 200-20, page 243 Quality Standards Illustrated an even number of leaves on the face. due to trimming. The Each panel will have a center line, with face could be made up an equal number of leaves to the left of an even number of leaves or an odd 4. Face Fabrication and right. There is a school of thought number of leaves. The 4th bullet of the Big Five is the which finds this type assembly of the panel face. of Match the most Running Match – is the most compleasing. Remember mon way commodity panels are made. that the actual number The leaves are used in order through of leaves on a face the pile made from the flitch. Each leaf will change, just as is clipped to be as wide as practical, in Balance Match, as which results in each panel having a difwe move through the ferent number of leaves. flitch. The most visible result is the appearThe clipping of the ance of narrow leaves on the edges of leaves to achieve an the panels. When a wide leaf is used even number of each as the last leaf on a panel, the remainface results in some der of the leaf is used to start the next Figure 200-21, page 243 Quality Standards Illustrated small loss of figure. panel. As a result, you will see unequal Add this slightly lower leaf widths on most panels. This is not yield to the increased labor of centering As a matter of fact, the number of all bad, but may not be the look you the faces, and you increase the cost leaves will change as the panels are were trying to achieve. over regular Balance Match by a few fabricated. Because the leaves from the Because of the nature of Running points. outside of the tree are narrower than Matches, the set of panels made from the leaves from the the flitch are seldom kept together or center, the number numbered in order. These panels are of leaves needed almost always destined to be cut into to cover the face smaller elements, such as cabinet parts of a panel will vary. or shelving. Sometimes an even A common error made by design number will do it, professionals is to think specifying and sometimes an Running Match for wall paneling means odd number are the panels will be put up in a “running” needed. sequence around the room. This term Balance Match is not related to panel matching in a has one of the most room. pleasing appearancFigure 200-22, page 243 Quality Standards Illustrated es when viewed as summer 2008 I DESIGN SOLUTIONS 57 How to Produce a Veneer Paneling Project
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