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Operational Variables in Press Drying Eastern Hemlock
Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis L.) was press-dried to determine its suitability as a laminate for door corestock and sandwich construction. Sapwood, heartwood, and edge- and flat-grained material was press-dried at […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Optimizing Veneer Yield and Quality: A Comparison of Industrial and Laboratory Lathes
Veneer yield and quality data previously obtained for a production (8-ft.) lathe and a laboratory (4-ft.) lathe are shown to be comparable when peeling 1/10-inch Douglas-fir. The results of these […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Oregon lumber producers: attitudes and practices of exporters and nonexporters in the 1980s
This is the second in a series of articles describing attitudes toward exporting among small firms (less than or equal to 500 employees) producing lumber in Oregon during the 1980s. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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Oregon lumber producers: export marketing trends between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s
This article compares export marketing of Oregon lumber producers in the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s. The comparisons are drawn from two studies, one for each period. Although limited in scope, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1988 |
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Orthotropic Strains in Compression Parallel to Grain Tests
Strains were measured in the radial; tangential, and longitudinal directions during the loading of small wood columns in compression parallel to the grain. Eight wood species were included in the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1985 |
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Outlook for Forest Products Trade and Imports
The 1976 U.S. trade in wood products (imports plus exports) amounted to 35.9 percent of domestic industrial wood products production. The United States, the world’s leading importer of timber products, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1977 |
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Pacific silver fir is the more-treatable component of hem-fir from Coastal British Columbia
Preliminary studies at Forintek and elsewhere have shown that preservative penetration in Pacific silver fir is greater than in western hemlock. To justify separating these species for preservative treatment it […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1995 |
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Particleboard from Young-Growth White Fir Logging Residues
Young-growth white fir logging residues (branches and tops) were segregated into branch-diameter classes and converted by various methods into core- and face-layer furnishes. Three-layer urea formaldehyde particleboards were made from […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1978 |
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Penetration and absorption of different compositions in six western conifers
The treatability of six western conifers with three types of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) was investigated with a modified full-cell process. As expected, sapwood generally treated more easily than heartwood […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1989 |
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Penetration End Joint
A new, high strength end joint for timber has been described. The ends to be joined are first slotted to the required depth of the joint to form parallel tongues. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1975 |
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Performance of Eastern Hemlock Wharf Timbers
A pathological examination was made on 27 wood specimens which were obtained from a total of 369 inspected round piles and squared timbers,and which had been installed 7 years previously […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Performance of Laminated Preservative-Treated Railroad Bridge Stringers
Twenty-eight laminated bridge stringers were prepared from southern yellow pine lumber treated with Wolman salts to a dry salt retention of 0.3 lb. per cu. ft. or with creosote to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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Performance of pallet parts recovered from used wood pallets
The flexural modulus of elasticity (MOE), flexural modulus of rupture (MOR), and density of used pallet parts were measured and compared to the same properties of new parts. Seventy-four percent […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2001 |
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Performance of posts laminated with mountain pine beetle transmitted blue-stained lodgepole pine
The recent mountain pine beetle infestation in British Columbia has created an urgent need to find alternate product solutions to absorb the increasing volume of blue-stained lodgepole pine lumber and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 2006 |
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Performance of radiata pine as moulding raw material
This study was conducted to determine the suitability of radiata pine lumber for use as a raw material for mouldings. Lumber was harvested from two separate forest sites; one site […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1999 |
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Performance of Several Western Woods as Roof Shingles with and Without On-Site Preservative Treatments
Untreated and nonpressure-treated shingles of western redcedar, sugar pine, west coast hemlock, and western larch were exposed to outdoor conditions intermediately favorable to decay of wood above the ground. After […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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Performance of Softwood Plywood During 10 Years’ Exposure to Weather
The performances of laboratory-made southern pine and Douglas-fir plywood bonded with a phenol-formaldehyde adhesive were compared after 10 years of exposure in Wisconsin and Mississippi. Panels of both non-overlaid and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1976 |
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Performance of Some Blister-Resistant Paints
The history of exterior paint blistering on wood siding is reviewed and the major causes identified. Moisture is common to all blistering problems and results from changes in building design, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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Performance of Southern Pine Plywood During Five Years Exposure to Weather
Phenolic-resin-bonded southern pine plywood painted and exposed to the weather near Madison, Wis., and Gulfport, Miss., showed no glue joint separation after 5 years. Because of nonuniform mold growth on […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1969 |
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Performance of Truss Plate Joints in Structural Flakeboard and Southern Pine Dimension Lumber
Two types of metal truss connectors in four sizes installed in structural flakeboards were tested in tension. The structural flakeboards were of two types: a commercial three-layer oriented strandboard (OSB) […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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Performance of Trussed Rafters
Three types of metal plate fasteners and plywood gusset plates of common design were used in fabrication of trussed rafters. The trusses were of a W-type with a span of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Performance of Western Wood Species as Crossties in Mainline Railroad Track
Crossties of nine Oregon wood species are being tested in mainline railroad tracks in California, Oregon, and Arizona. Climatic conditions and topography vary widely among the sites where the ties […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1981 |
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Performance Requirements for Exterior Laminated Veneer Lumber
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) has been commercially manufactured for several years. Most service applications have been for interior structural uses. Current growth is encompassing both exterior and interior uses. Exterior […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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Performance Tests on the Powered Back-Up Roll
A powered back-up roll designed and manufactured by Premier Gear and Machine Works and Lloyd Controls was installed at Boise Cascade Corporation’s Yakima plywood plant in October 1981. Design of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1983 |
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Permeability of Douglas-Fir Heartwood from Western Washington
Essentially constant rate of longitudinal flow of water was obtained with fresh unseasoned samples of heartwood, or on fresh samples that had been frozen. With the few samples of heartwood […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |