| "World of Wood Tour" -- Commercial Wood-Suppliers |
From "Wood Works"
episode WWK-407 |
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Commercial Wood Suppliers and Selecting Fine Lumber In this segment, David Marks visits Mount Storm Forest Products, a commercial wood supply-house that carries standard building materials as well as exotic hardwoods. Included in their inventory are various types of commercially graded wood, plywood, particle board, MDF and veneers. Mount Storm imports woods in raw planks, and will custom-mill the wood to fit the needs of customers. David talks with manager and lumber specialist Jim Macinnis about some of the things you might expect to see when you go shopping for wood. - Hundreds of species of graded wood are warehoused in vertical bins at the Mount Storm facility (figure A).
- The system and rules for grading of wood was set up by the National Hardwood Lumber Association. Lumber can fall into a number of categories based on quality, grain, presence of imperfections, etc. Mount Storm specializes mainly in woods graded in the higher-quality categories of "first and seconds" (figure B) and "select and better" (figure C). Other categories include "#1 Common" and "#2 Common."
- Typically, first and seconds represents top-of-the-line boards, with only a few imperfections or knots.
- One example of the hundreds of specialty available at Mount Storm is zebra wood (figure D), a beautiful hardwood from Cameroon, West Africa. One eccentric quality of this wood is the unpleasant odor it gives off when it's being cut.
- Another example is Honduras rosewood, a dark wood with an impressive grain that also offers fine tonal qualities. It is frequently used to make guitar backs, xylophones and marimbas.
- The facility at Mount Storm also houses commercial building materials including a wide variety of plywood and other manufactured sheet-materials such as MDF and particle board (figure E).
- Woodworking Factoid: The familiar apple plywood has nothing to do with the wood of apple trees. It is actually alder core with a maple face. The name "apple ply" was created to make the material more marketable when competing with imported products like Russian birch-plywood. The name is a play on the expression, "as American as apple pie.
Wood samples featured in this segment: Zebra wood
Honduras rosewood
Teak
Lacewood
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RESOURCES :
Fine Woodworking
A magazine devoted to high-quality craftsmanship in woodworking.
The Taunton Press Inc.
Website: www.taunton.com
David Marks Website
David Marks, DIY's Wood Works host, is a master woodworker. For more information on cut sizes and project details, please contact him via his Website at www.djmarks.com
Woodworker's Guide to Wood: Softwoods, Hardwoods, Plywoods, Composite, Veneers
Model: 080836878
Author: Rick Peters
(2000)
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
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