Haskelite
{{Short description|Brand of plywood by Haskelite Manufacturing Corporation}}
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Haskelite is the brand name of a plywood, once made by the Michigan-based Haskelite Manufacturing Corporation. It was made from waterproof glue developed by {{Interlanguage link|Henry L. Haskell|fr}}. The moldable plywood was originally called Ser-O-Ply. It was used in the construction of various vehicles including military tanks, boats, airplanes, buses, trucks, and automobiles. The plywood was manufactured with different characteristics depending on particular needs and then given a brand name.
Background
Haskell invented a process for making a waterproof glue called "black albumin glue"{{cite web |url=https://www.wcha.org/content/haskell-boat-company |title=Manufacturers: Haskell Boat Company |author= |date=2016 |website=W C H A |publisher=Wooden Canoe Heritage Association |access-date=May 12, 2016 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028192149/http://www.wcha.org/content/haskell-boat-company |url-status=dead }} which was used to bond wood.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8r_kAAAAMAAJ&q=Haskelite |title=Veneers and Plywood |date=1930 |publisher=S.H. Smith. |volume=24 |page=19 |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Williams |first= Leonard P. |date= December 22, 1952 |title= Into Plywood Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5153556// |newspaper=The Ludington Daily News |location= Ludington, Michigan |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }} The sheets made this way were eventually given the brand trade name of "Haskelite" after the inventor.{{cite magazine |magazine=Motor Boat |title=Haskelite, a Plywood for Boat Construction |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-k_AQAAMAAJ&q=canoe&pg=RA7-PA38 |page=38 |date=November 10, 1920 |volume=17}}
Airplanes
{{See also|Fairchild F-46}}
Haskell plywood was used for construction of experimental and commercial aircraft.{{cite news |author= |title=Haskelite, Hughes to Build Planes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5240634// |newspaper=The Ludington Daily News |date=August 1, 1939 |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}{{cite journal |date=1927 |title= New Johnson Twin 60 adopts Haskelite |url=https://archive.org/stream/aerodigest1019unse/aerodigest1019unse_djvu.txt |journal= Aero-Digest |volume=10 |page= 2|access-date=May 12, 2016}} The first successful commercial airplane it was used on was the 1937 Fairchild Aircraft F-46.{{cite news |author= |title=Ludington is Birthplace of Plywood Airplanes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5239496// |newspaper=The Ludington Daily News |date=July 15, 1943 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}
The company produced plywood for use in World War I aircraft.{{cite news |first=James L. |last=Cabot |date=June 26, 1993 |title=Local Company Contributed to war effort |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19930626&id=ljVQAAAAIBAJ&pg=2161,7253929&hl=en |newspaper=The Ludington Daily News |page=4 }}{{cite news |author= |title=Carrom Company Is Diversified |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5229992// |newspaper=The Ludington Daily News |date=September 3, 1965 |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}{{sfn|Beld|2012|p=99}}
= Duramold =
{{main|Duramold}}
In 1939 a waterproof plywood called Duramold, consisting of thin veneers of wood and cloth joined using glue, heat and pressure, and designed for aircraft construction was invented.{{cite news |author= |title= New Process Developed by Chicago Firm |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50067134/chicago-tribune/ |newspaper= Chicago Tribune |date=January 22, 1939 |page=25 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}
The General Bakelite Company and Haskelite Manufacturing joined the Clark Aircraft Company of Hagerstown, Maryland to manufacture planes designed by Virginius E. Clark using Duramold.{{cite news |author=New York Herald Tribune |title= Speedy Production of Planes is Seen |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50079347/ |newspaper= The Miami News |date=July 9, 1939 |page=9|via= Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}
Boats and canoes
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |last=Beld |first=Gordon G. |title= The Early Days of Aviation in Grand Rapids |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5l2CQAAQBAJ&q=Haskelite |year=2012|isbn=978-1-61423-805-8 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |oclc=945368042 }}
Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Dunbar |first=Willis Frederick |title=Michigan Through the Centuries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zn3hAAAAMAAJ |year=1955 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |location=Detroit, Michigan}}
- {{cite magazine |title=Marine Engineering and Shipping Age |volume=38 |date=June 1933 |pages=208–213 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FW3mAAAAMAAJ&q=Haskelite }}
- {{cite news |author= |title=Plastic Airplane Industry is near |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50078408/ |newspaper= Lansing State Journal |location= Lansing, Michigan |date=August 10, 1939 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com {{open access}} }}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Haskelite}}
- {{Commons category-inline|Haskell canoe}}