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  2. Wood warping - Wikipedia

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    Wood warping costs the wood industry in the U.S. millions of dollars per year. [citation needed] Straight wood boards that leave a cutting facility sometimes arrive at the store yard warped. Although wood warping has been studied for years, the warping control model for manufacturing composite wood hasn't been updated for about 40 years.

  3. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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    “The lumber industry of northern New York: a geographical examination of its history and technology.” ( Syracuse University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1963. 6405650). Fox, William Freeman. A history of the lumber industry in the state of New York (US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry, 1902) online

  4. List of industrial disasters - Wikipedia

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    Other disasters can also be considered industrial disasters, if their causes are rooted in the products or processes of industry. For example, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was made more severe due to the heavy concentration of lumber industry facilities, wood houses, and fuel and other chemicals in a small area.

  5. Susquehanna Boom - Wikipedia

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    The men working at the end of the boom would sort the logs according to their corresponding brand and float them into the correct holding pond along the bank of the river. During the height of the lumber industry in Lycoming County, 1861–91, the various mills produced 5.5 billion board feet (13 million m³) of lumber.

  6. Timber industry warns Plummer mill closure has grave ... - AOL

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    The lumber industry made good profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Andy Dunham, director of sales for Idaho Forest Group. Builders were busy constructing new homes and renovating old ...

  7. Thermally modified wood - Wikipedia

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    In the guitar-making industry, this process is called "Thermo Curing", "Baked" and "Roasted", among other names. [18] Some guitar manufacturers have begun using acoustic sound boards and electric guitar fretboards that are thermally cured in order to help prevent the typical warping and cracking that often occurs from seasonal humidity swings ...

  8. Shakes (timber) - Wikipedia

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    Arising in cut timber they generally cause a reduction in strength. When found in a log they can result in a significant amount of waste, when a log is converted to lumber. Apart from heart shakes, often found in trees felled past their best, shakes in a log have no effect on the strength of shake free lumber obtained therefrom. [1]

  9. It’s not just Gen X parents in suburbia who are enduring a ...

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    She clocks in a normal day of work as a senior marketing manager in the commercial real estate industry. And then she returns home by 8 PM. She is, of course, a supercommuter.