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2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   As previously noted, less wood is needed to produce a given finished size than when standards called for the green lumber to be the full nominal dimension. However, even the dimensions for finished lumber of a given nominal size have changed over time. In 1910, a typical finished 1-inch (25 mm) board was 13 ⁄ 16 in (21 mm). In 1928, that was ...

3. Cord (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Retrieved November 9, 2020. A standard cord is a unit of measure of wood products 4 feet (122 cm) wide, 4 feet (122 cm) high, and 8 feet (244 cm) long, or its equivalent, containing 128 cubic feet (3.6 m3) when the wood is ranked and well stowed. Any voids that will accommodate a stick, log or bolt of average dimensions to those in that pile ...

4. Wood - Wikipedia

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   Magnified cross-section of black walnut, showing the vessels, rays (white lines) and annual rings: this is intermediate between diffuse-porous and ring-porous, with vessel size declining gradually. Wood is a heterogeneous, hygroscopic, cellularand anisotropic(or more specifically, orthotropic) material.

5. Plywood - Wikipedia

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   It is an engineered woodfrom the family of manufactured boards, which include plywood, medium-density fibreboard(MDF), oriented strand board(OSB), and particle board(or chipboard). All plywoods bind resin and wood fibre sheets (cellulosecells are long, strong and thin) to form a composite material.

6. Board foot - Wikipedia

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   1⁄12 ft 3. The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It equals the volume of a board that is one-foot (305 mm) in length, one-foot (305 mm) in width, and one-inch (25.4 mm) in thickness. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT, or BF.

7. Firewood - Wikipedia

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   Stack of split firewood and a splitting maul, Czech Republic. Firewood is any wooden material that is gathered and used for fuel. Generally, firewood is not heavily processed and is in some sort of recognizable log or branch form, compared to other forms of wood fuel like pellets. Firewood can be seasoned and heat treated (dry) or unseasoned ...

8. Timber framing - Wikipedia

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   Timber-framed structures differ from conventional wood-framed buildings in several ways. Timber framing uses fewer, larger wooden members, commonly timbers in the range of 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 in), while common wood framing uses many more timbers with dimensions usually in the 5- to 25-cm (2- to 10-in) range.

9. Plank (wood) - Wikipedia

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   Plank (wood) A plank used in the repair of a ship. A plank is timber that is flat, elongated, and rectangular with parallel faces that are higher and longer than wide. [ 1] Used primarily in carpentry, planks are critical in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, and many other structures. [ 2] Planks also serve as supports to form shelves ...