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2. Plywood - Wikipedia

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   The sizes of the most commonly used plywood sheets are 4 by 8 feet (1,220 mm × 2,440 mm) [20] which was first used by the Portland Manufacturing Company, who developed modern veneer core plywood for the 1905 Portland World Fair. A common metric size for a sheet of plywood is 1200 × 2400 mm. 5 × 5 feet (1,500 × 1,500 mm) is also a common ...

3. Quarter sawing - Wikipedia

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   In addition to the grain, quartersawn wood (particularly oak) will also often display a pattern of medullary rays, seen as subtle wavy ribbon-like patterns across the straight grain. [6] Medullary rays grow in a radial fashion in the living tree, so while flat-sawing would cut across the rays, quarter-sawing puts them on the face of the board.

4. Wood veneer - Wikipedia

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   Plywood consists of three or more layers of veneer. Normally, each is glued with its grain at right angles to adjacent layers for strength. Veneer beading is a thin layer of decorative edging placed around objects, such as jewelry boxes. Veneer is also used to replace decorative papers in wood veneer high pressure laminate.

5. Wood - Wikipedia

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   Chestnut White Oak Quercus montana: Green 570 24.3 55 Chestnut White Oak Quercus montana: 12.00% 660 47.1 92 Live White Oak Quercus virginiana: Green 800 37.4 82 Live White Oak Quercus virginiana: 12.00% 880 61.4 127 Overcup White Oak Quercus lyrata: Green 570 23.2 55 Overcup White Oak Quercus lyrata: 12.00% 630 42.7 87 Post White Oak Quercus ...

6. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   For example, splitting a 10-foot-long (3.0 m) 2×4 (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 38 by 89 mm) into two 1×4s (3 ⁄ 4 by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 19 by 89 mm) of the same length is considered re-sawing. Plastic lumber

7. List of woods - Wikipedia

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   Oak (Quercus) White oak. White oak (Quercus alba) Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Post oak (Quercus stellata) Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) Swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii) Chestnut oak (Quercus prinus) Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) Overcup oak (Quercus ...