Lumber

Lumber

Timber after it has been sawed and split into planks or other smaller components that can be used as building material.

Industry: Building materials

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mill

Building materials; Lumber

A building or site that accommodates a manufacturing process. : Green mill - A site for sawing, packing and racking unseasoned lumber. : Dry mill - A site for processing and storing seasoned lumber.

moisture content class

Building materials; Lumber

Classification of lumber by moisture content which includes the following: : Green off saw —Freshly sawn lumber or lumber that has received essentially no formal drying. : Air dried - Lumber that ...

radial

Building materials; Lumber

Coincident with a radius from the axis of the tree or log to the circumference.

rough sawn

Building materials; Lumber

Surface condition of wood as it leaves the saw, i.e. not dressed or final sawn.

workability

Building materials; Lumber

The degree of ease and smoothness of cut obtainable with hand or machine tools.

1. The main lumbers of a structure fitted and joined together. 2. A three dimensional self contained structural system of interconnecting members which functions with or without the aid of horizontal ...

permanent set

Building materials; Lumber

A change in the properties of wood which can occur during drying when stressing exceeds the elastic limit. Permanent set prevents normal shrinkage of the lumber and can lead to more obvious defects ...