We all know lumber comes from trees, but trees were not designed for lumber. Man has to take something that naturally grows in a cylindrical shape, dry it out and make it rectangular. It’s a peculiar ...

It is now possible to kiln-dry a 25-millimeter thick gmelina wood in 10 days instead of the usual 75-150 days. Likewise, one can now dry a 50-mm lumber in 24 days instead of 119 to 198 days. The ...

A friend says that among his most satisfying moments are those he stands contemplating his pile of firewood. He inhales the sweetness of birch, the tang of aspen and the sharp bite of spruce while he ...

THERE have recently appeared four manuals, two published in Great Britain and the other two in the United States, which deal with wood and its technical properties, which with the exception of timber ...