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With veneer, minimal wood is wasted in the manufacturing process. Wood veneer is sliced into very thin sheets, similar to the meat cut at your deli. For every 1” thickness of lumber, it yields 42 paper-thin “leaves.” This yields more square footage of material without wasting any material (including sawdust). Essentially, that 1” thick lumber face can be replicated 42 times using veneer. You can start to see the multiplying effect this can have. Using 1/42” of an inch wood veneer is a more effic