Abstract: The server/desk is a multi-functional piece of furniture that is unique in a number of ways. Probably the most unique feature is that the top separates revealing a cavity in the back of the furniture that will hold an extra leaf for a dining room table. Self storing leaves in furniture, have never been accommodated in any other item than the table itself. The front section of the top folds out onto supports so that the piece of furniture can be converted into a desk. When the folding tops are put back into their original position, the furniture piece has the appearance of a conventional solid top dining room server. The interior drawer and door features accommodate functions that might be expected from both a dining room server and a writing desk.

Abstract: A technique for salvaging scrap veneer wherein scrap veneer is cut to a common width. The cut veneer will then be cut into common lengths and fed to a number of butt jointing machines. These butt jointing machines will end joint the pieces and feed out parallel ribbons of butt jointed veneer. These ribbons will then be fed to a series of splicing machines which will splice the ribbons together to form sheets made of small uniform size pieces of veneer. The sheets may then be fastened to a backing material.