Sustainable Bio. (Lumber)

Question 1

Lumber is dried to a specific moisture content

Answer 1

Kiln

Question 2

Softwood lumber production is almost evenly split between what two regions in the U.S.?

Answer 2

South and West

Question 3

Often defined for trade as a product sawn from a log.

Answer 3

Lumber

Question 4

Softwood lumber less than 2 inches thick

Answer 4

Board

Question 5

Softwood material 2-4 inches thick

Answer 5

Dimension

Question 6

Softwood pieces 5 inches or thicker

Answer 6

Timber

Question 7

Single most important hardwood species

Answer 7

Red Oak

Question 8

Used principally as a building construction material

Answer 8

Softwood Lumber

Question 9

Approximately 3/4 of the softwood soft timber harvested in the U.S. is what two species?

Answer 9

Douglas Fir and Southern Yellow Pine

Question 10

Measuring the volume of logs

Answer 10

Scaling

Question 11

Hardwood lumber grades were developed with the assumption that lumber would be cut into smaller usable pieces called

Answer 11

Cuttings

Question 12

A log rule defines a conversion that relates the _____ of a log to an estimate of lumber yield.

Answer 12

Diameter and Length

Question 13

Log rule that provides the closest estimate to actual lumber production

Answer 13

International 1/4-in. Rule

Question 14

The log rule that greatly underestimates the volume of lumber that can be obtained from small logs

Answer 14

Doyle Rule

Question 15

The main reason for debarking logs prior to sawing so that the bark-free slabs can be chipped and sold for use in making pulp. Bark is usually used for ____

Answer 15

A fuel source

Question 16

The most widely used type of debarker in saw mills

Answer 16

Ring Debarker

Question 17

Machine traveling on rails which conveys logs back and forth through the saw

Answer 17

Carriage

Question 18

Head saws often did not cut the lumber to its final thickness, but instead sawed the log into thick pieces called

Answer 18

Cants

Question 19

A head rig developed in the 1960s and now used throughout part of America for small softwoods

Answer 19

Chipping Saw

Question 20

The width of the cut made by the saw

Answer 20

Kerf

Question 21

Cutting lumber to width

Answer 21

Edging

Question 22

Cutting lumber to length

Answer 22

Trimming

Question 23

The portion of a lumber manufacturing plant where cutting the final size and surfacing is done

Answer 23

Planer Mill

Question 24

Bark or lack of wood on the edge or corner of a piece of lumber

Answer 24

Wane

Question 25

Reduces logs to the desired length and proper mill utilization

Answer 25

Cutoff Saw

Question 26

A combination of volume, grade, and size gives you

Answer 26

The value of a piece of lumber

Question 27

The organization that writes the grades used in U.S. and Canada for hardwood lumber

Answer 27

National Hardwood Lumber Association

Question 28

Trade association responsible for preparing and administrating the grade rules for softwood lumber

Answer 28

Southern Pine Inspection Bureau

Question 29

No specific moisture content or ____ is sold as dry or kiln dry.

Answer 29

Hardwood Lumber

Question 30

A mill producing twice as much lumber as the log scale would have ______.

Answer 30

A 100% overrun

Question 31

Cuts a cant into multiple boards with a single pass

Answer 31

Gang Saw

Question 32

Cuts straight boards from a crooked log

Answer 32

Curve Saw