Patent ID: 8163121

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a form using an assembly line, the method comprising the steps of: (a) constructing an assembly comprising a plurality of wood veneers; (b) cutting the assembly; (c) cleaning a face of the assembly; (d) transporting the assembly to a side shift location; (e) applying an overlay sheet onto the face of the assembly at the side shift location to create an overlaid assembly, the application being accomplished by a human operator without interrupting movement of the assembly line; (f) stacking the overlaid assembly onto a unit, the unit comprising a plurality of stacked overlaid assemblies; (g) transporting the unit to a non-heated pre-press station; (h) applying pressure to the unit for a pre-determined period using the non-heated pre-press, thereby pressing the overlaid assemblies together such that the wood veneers stick to each other and their corresponding overlay sheet; and (i) transporting the unit to a plywood press for final bonding, thereby creating the forms.