Timber Conversion Essentials

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Timber Conversion

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Process of turning logs into usable wood

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Sawing

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Cutting logs into boards or planks

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Rough Sawn Timber

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Timber cut to size but not smoothed

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Planed Timber

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Timber smoothed and ready for use

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Quarter Sawn

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Cutting logs into quarters before sawing

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Through and Through

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Simple method, cutting straight through log

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Tangential Sawing

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Cutting along the growth rings

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Radial Sawing

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Cutting perpendicular to growth rings

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Conversion Efficiency

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Maximizing usable wood from logs

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Moisture Content

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Water percentage in timber