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  2. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    2. A split-out piece of a bolt of wood. blind Joinery with mating surfaces not protruding through the face or end grain of the pieces being joined. An example is a "blind" mortise and tenon joint. bolster. Also called a pillow or cross head. 1. A shoulder. 2. A timber situated between a post and a beam to increase the bearing or shorten the ...

  3. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    Common sizes include 2×4 (pictured) (also two-by-four and other variants, such as four-by-two in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK), 2×6, and 4×4. The length of a board is usually specified separately from the width and depth. It is thus possible to find 2×4s that are four, eight, and twelve feet in length.

  4. List of acronyms: V - Wikipedia

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    This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter V. For the purposes of this list: acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars

  5. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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    Developed in the Philippines, this method (abbreviated HPSD) consists of a cylinder pressure cap made from a 3 mm thick mild steel plate secured with 8 sets of bolts, a 2-HP diesel engine, and a pressure regulator with 1.4–14 kg/m 2 capacity. The cap is placed over the stump of a pole, tree or bamboo and the preservative is forced into the ...

  6. Alkaline copper quaternary - Wikipedia

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    Bunk sizes: 2×4 have 294 pcs, 2×6 have 189 pcs, 2×8 YP have 96 pcs, 2×10 YP have 80 pcs, and 2×12 YP have 64 pcs. (YP= Yellow Pine) The lumber is usually eight, twelve, or sixteen feet long, but can be longer. The ACQ-C product is normally shipped from manufacturer as a concentrated solution that is diluted at the wood treatment plant.

  7. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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    The beams are continuously formed, so the length of the beam is limited only to the maximum length that can be handled and transported. Typical widths are 3 + 1 ⁄ 2, 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 or 7 inches (89, 133 or 178 mm); typical depths are 9 + 1 ⁄ 2, 11 + 7 ⁄ 8, 14, 16 and 18 inches (240, 300, 360, 410 and 460 mm). Typically the beams are made to a ...

  8. Escambia Wood - Wikipedia

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    The Escambia Wood Treating Company is located at 3910 Palafox Highway, northeast of the intersection of Fairfield Drive in Pensacola, Florida. [2] The 26-acre site is situated in an area of mixed land use, bordered by a small residential community to the north, the CSX railway to the east, Palafox Drive to the west, and by numerous businesses in an area of mixed residential and industrial ...

  9. List of woods - Wikipedia

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    Cumaru (Dipteryx spp.) [4] Dogwood (Cornus spp.) Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) Ebony (Diospyros) Andaman marblewood (Diospyros kurzii) Ebène marbre (Diospyros melanida) African ebony (Diospyros crassiflora) [5] Ceylon ebony (Diospyros ebenum) Rare Brown (Rareay Brownibium) Elm. American elm (Ulmus americana)