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2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   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. Lignum vitae - Wikipedia

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   Lignum vitae is hard and durable, and is also the densest wood traded (average dried density: ~79 lb/ft 3 or ~1,260 kg/m 3); [4] it will easily sink in water. On the Janka scale of hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of the trade woods, with a Janka hardness of 4,390 lbf (compared with Olneya at 3,260 lbf, [5] African blackwood at 2,940 lbf, hickory at 1,820 ...

4. The Woodwright's Shop - Wikipedia

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   Various hand tools for carving wood. Hand tools are a major focus of the show. All of the hand tools used on the show are manually operated (i.e. non-electric). Chisel: The chisel is one of the most commonly used tools on the show and is typically used to shave down material and to square up holes.

5. Mexican ironwood carvings - Wikipedia

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   Mexican ironwood carving is a Mexican tradition of carving the wood of the Olneya tesota tree, a Sonora Desert tree commonly called ironwood (palo fierro in Spanish). Olneya tesota is a slow growing important shade tree in northwest Mexico and the southwest U.S. The wood it produces is very dense and sinks in water.

6. The best canes for 2025, according to mobility experts - AOL

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   For example, if the left leg is weaker, the cane should be held in the right hand (even if you are left-hand dominant). Also, if you are leaning over and reaching down to hold the cane, it is too low.

7. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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   Specialized treatments also exist for wood used in weather-exposed applications. The only impregnation-applied fire retardant commercially available in Australia is 'NexGen'. 'Guardian', which used calcium formate as a 'powerful wood modifying agent', was removed from sale in early 2010 for unspecified reasons.