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The Utility of No 3 Common Northern Hardwood Lumber for Mechanized Processing Into Glued Products
A sample of 2,740 boards, or 16,260 bd. ft. of No. 3 Common lumber was obtained from three sawmills. The sample material was kiln-dried and surfaced on two sides. The […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1949 |
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The Wood Machining Science
Discusses growth of wood machining as a science, role of technical societies in stimulating publication of research data, wood machining studies in progress, and need for publishing an increasing amount […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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Thick Slicing of Wood: Effects of Wood and Knife Inclination Angle
In many cutting situations, both the longitudinal axis of the wood and the knife edge can be inclined relative to the direction of cutting motion. In this study, inclination angles […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1972 |
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Thick-Slicing of Wood: Effects of Bar-Type and Speed of Cut on Quality of Slice
Red oak, yellow poplar and Douglas-fir flitches were sliced to 1/2 inch thickness at 140F with an experimental cutting machine allowing variation in speed of cut (5 and 200 feet […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Time Study Methods for Furniture Plant Rough Mills
The rough mill operation in a furniture plant uses a sequence of steps to produce the desired components — cross cutting, surfacing both sides, jointing one or both edges, ripping […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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Time, Costs, and Energy Consumption for Drying Red Oak Lumber as Affected By Thickness and Thickness Variation
The time required to kiln-dry lumber is influenced by its thickness. Thicker material dries more slowly, and an increase in drying time increases energy consumption and drying costs. The purpose […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Tolerances and Precision in Machining of Wood
Wood, a material of plant origin, is variable. These variations in wood affect the tolerances of manufacture. Manufacturing tolerance was studied by using micrometers to measure piece-after-piece processed by a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1951 |
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Tomorrow: Computer-Made Sawing Decisions?
Automation in the woodworking industry during the past two decades has been largely mechanical. Further real progress in improvement in primary and secondary processing must come through automating the processing […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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Tool forces and edge recession from cutting medium density fiberboard
Medium density fiberboard (MDF) wears out tungsten carbide tools rapidly. A turning test along the edge of MDF was undertaken to determine optimal rake angle(s). When cutting MDF, tool wear, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1988 |
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Tool wear properties of five extender/fillers in adhesive mixes for plywood
Southern pine veneers were bonded into plywood with phenol-formaldehyde adhesives containing one of five different extender/fillers. The five fillers were 1) a 65/35 ratio blend of English walnut shell flour/oat […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2005 |
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Tool-wear effects of anionic components of urea-formaldehyde resins used as particleboard binders
Tool-wear effects of chloride, sulfate, and a few other components of catalysts normally added to particleboard (PB) binder urea-formaldehyde (UP) resins were evaluated by bonding PBs and testing them with […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1999 |
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Tooth Side Clearance Requirements for High Precision Saws
Using a single saw tooth mounted in laboratory cutting apparatus, the springback of wood was determined for white spruce (Picea glauca) and hard maple (Acer saccharum) in the air dry […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1975 |
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Trend in Wood Sanding: Wide Belts
Wide-belt sanding machines can increase production by sanding a complete surface in a single pass. Today eight manufacturers have developed wide-belt equipment. The coated abrasives industry has been called upon […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Trends in Softwood Sawmill Overruns and Their Impact on Stumpage Prices
Factors affecting the average overrun in U.S. softwood sawmills, and the impact of changes in overrun on stumpage prices, are discussed. Log length, diameter, taper, defects, output mix, lumber size […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Trimming Plywood By Inclined Cutting Using a Disk
A problem sometimes encountered in plywood production is chipping of the surface veneers at the edge when the ends of sheets are saw-trimmed. When a saw is used, the edge […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1965 |
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Trouble Shooting Glue Problems. Animal Glues for Assembly and Edge Gluing
The most common readily visible defect in panels edge glued with hot animal glue is end checking. This defect occurs almost entirely during the winter heating season in unhumidified plants […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Tungsten Carbide Can Increase Production
Describes proper application of tungsten-carbide tools in the woodworking industry to increase production and profits per man hour of labor and per unit of machines. The essential requisites to a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1953 |
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Tungsten Carbide Use in the Woodworking Industry
Tungsten carbide, an alloy made by compressing metal carbide powders and cementing them at extremely high temperatures (3000?F.), has properties which make it an invaluable cutting tool in the woodworking […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1947 |
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Turning for Profit
Small forest industries must keep abreast of developments in modern management tools to stay economical and competitive with larger, more efficient wood industries and non-wood products. The use of linear […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1966 |
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U.S. Navy Experience with Carbides Applied to Woodworking Machines
The U.S. Navy established a training program in the use of carbide cutting tools in 1941. The first phase began by training selected people from each of the Navy’s 11 […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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Use and Maintenance of Carbide Wood Cutting Tools
The use of carbide knives on oak flooring has shown that by using $2,100 worth of carbide knives and cutters, the tool cost per lineal foot would run approximately 2 […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1952 |
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Use of Small Logs for Veneer
Small logs of many species of wood, such as aspen, can be cut into veneer without being heated. With harder woods, such as beech, however, heating is essential. Beech cuts […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1952 |
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Utilization of Hardwoods for Pencil Manufacture
Incense-cedar has been the primary species for wood-cased pencils for almost 50 years. As a result of increasing transportation and raw material costs and the decreasing availability of incense-cedar, it […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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Vapor boron treatment of composites reduces tool wear
Various composites, including oriented strandboard and medium density fiberboard, were treated via vapor boron technology. Treated samples were compared to untreated composites using a tool force measuring technique. Tool forces […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2004 |
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Veneer Characteristics as Related to Failure in Plywood Tension-Shear Specimens
A method was devised for 1) preparing plywood specimens incorporating core veneer having cutting ruptures and high surface roughness, 2) testing the specimens, and 3) recording and analyzing the failure […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |