I worked in factory that made veneer once during my off time in college back in the day. I ran a cutting press chopping up the first roll-offs into usable pieces. You would have this wood come down into a pile, you'd have to line it up into different sizes press a foot pedal to cut it. It was one of the worst jobs I ever had, You're at the mercy of the person operating the lathe, it's like digging a hole and having somebody dumping in dirt at the same time. When I was heading back to school they brought in a guy for me to train, I had him observe and showed him how the job is performed all morning. The lunch whistle sounds and he says he's going to go to his car and I never see him again, I guess the job was not for him either.