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2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   Lumber is the most common and widely used method of sawing logs. Plain sawn lumber is produced by making the first cut on a tangent to the circumference of the log. Each additional cut is then made parallel to the one before. This method produces the widest possible boards with the least amount of log waste.

3. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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   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 times this ...

4. List of woods - Wikipedia

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   US Forest Products Laboratory, "Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Wood" from the Wood Handbook Archived 2021-01-18 at the Wayback Machine PDF 916K; International Wood Collectors Society; Xiloteca Manuel Soler (One of the largest private collection of wood samples) African Timber Export Statistics

5. Cordwood construction - Wikipedia

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   Compare this to the basic 2 x 4 wooden stud wall, and 2 x 6 foam insulated and sheathed wall with R values of 15.8 and 25.7, respectively. [12] Cordwood walls are not the best natural insulators but can be built to thermal efficient standards. The R value of a cordwood wall is directly related to its ratio of wood to mortar and insulation medium.

6. Plank (wood) - Wikipedia

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   Plank (wood) A plank used in the repair of a ship. A plank is timber that is flat, elongated, and rectangular with parallel faces that are higher and longer than wide. [ 1] Used primarily in carpentry, planks are critical in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, and many other structures. [ 2] Planks also serve as supports to form shelves ...

7. Acetylated wood - Wikipedia

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   Acetylated wood is a type of modified wood that is produced through a chemical modification process and does not contain any toxic substances. [1] It produced from a chemical reaction (named as acetylation), involving acetic anhydride and a modification process to make wood highly resistant to biological attacks by fungi and wood-boring insects and durable to environmental conditions.