secure so that the support surfaces 16 are stationary relative to the frame 4 the sheet members or workpieces 17 are thereby securely deposited upon a lifting platform 36 so as to form a stack of veneer pieces with the lifting platform being advantageously lowered by a corresponding amount each time that one or more deposition cycles is completed the sleds 6 then move back to their starting position wherein a termination switch 37 generates a signal to stop and disengage the clamping arrangement 22 subsequently a new deposition process as described above is initiated and effected since the deflection rollers 13 and 14 may be constructed with a relatively small diameter the vertical distance z or depositing height as seen in fig5 through which the workpieces 17 fall during the deposition process can be relatively small thereby ensuring a satisfactory depositing of the workpieces without requiring that they be moved displaced or pushed since during the forward movement of the sleds the relative movement of the support surfaces relative to the sled is equal to zero wherein the movement runs synchronously with the forward speed movement until the cutting process a satisfactory transportation of the workpieces from the previous position to the depositing location is ensured without additional transporting means and without a pushing or sliding process which could cause friction thus from the foregoing it will be seen that the present invention essentially provides a depositing device or mechanism including sleds 6 which can move reciprocally and which are arranged at a frame 4.