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2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   Lumber. Wood cut from Victorian Eucalyptus regnans. The harbor of Bellingham, Washington, filled with logs, 1972. Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames).

3. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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   A PSL block. Parallel-strand lumber (PSL) is a form of engineered wood made from parallel wood strands bonded together with adhesive. It is used for beams, headers, columns, and posts, among other uses. The strands in PSL are clipped veneer elements having a least dimension of not more than inch (6.4 mm) and an average length of at least 300 ...

4. Shiplap - Wikipedia

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   Shiplap is either rough-sawn 25 mm (1 in) or milled 19 mm ( in) pine or similarly inexpensive wood between 76 and 254 mm (3 and 10 in) wide with a 9.5–12.7 mm (– in) rabbet on opposite sides of each edge. [1] The rabbet allows the boards to overlap in this area. The profile of each board partially overlaps that of the board next to it ...

5. Board foot - Wikipedia

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   An example of planed lumber is softwood "two by four" lumber sold by large lumber retailers, nominally 2 by 4 inches (50 mm × 100 mm). The 2 × 4 is actually only 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (38 mm × 89 mm), but the dimensions for the lumber when purchased wholesale could still be represented as full 2 × 4 lumber, although the "standard ...

6. Sawmill - Wikipedia

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   Sawmill. A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensional lumber). The "portable" sawmill is simple to operate.

7. Cross-laminated timber - Wikipedia

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   CLT-plate with three layers made from spruce. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a subcategory of engineered wood [1] panel product made from gluing together at least three layers [2] of solid-sawn lumber (i.e. lumber cut from a single log). [3] Each layer of boards is usually oriented perpendicular to adjacent layers and glued on the wide faces ...