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  2. Wall stud - Wikipedia

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    Wall studs are framing components in timber or steel-framed walls, that run between the top and bottom plates.It is a fundamental element in frame building. The majority non-masonry buildings rely on wall studs, with wood being the most common and least-expensive material used for studs.

  3. Lumber - Wikipedia

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    Supporting post columns by concrete piers so that there is at least 6 inches (150 mm) of clear space between the wood and exposed earth Installing wood framing and sheathing in exterior walls at least eight inches above exposed earth; locating siding at least six inches from the finished grade

  4. Talk:Lumber - Wikipedia

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    Lumber refers to smaller dimension or dressed lumber such as 2x4 or 2x6 used in modern construction. Interestingly a sawmill refers to the first machine to cut the lumber, whereas, in modern trade usage, "milled" lumber is further dressed by planing to standard dimensions, or made into molding or specialized forms for cabinet making.

  5. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    2. A timber situated between a post and a beam to increase the bearing or shorten the span. bolt A piece of log cut to a specific length, usually a short length from which products such as shingles are split or cut. Sometimes also called a billet or round. bow saw. Also simply called a bow. brace

  6. Chassis configuration - Wikipedia

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    Configurations. The formula is defined as follows: A × B / C or A × B * C with: A = number of wheels (twin-mounted tires count as one wheel) B = number of driven wheels

  7. Laminated veneer lumber - Wikipedia

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    Laminated veneer lumber detail. Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is an engineered wood product that uses multiple layers of thin wood assembled with adhesives.It is typically used for headers, beams, rimboard, and edge-forming material.

  8. 2×4 - Wikipedia

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    2 4, a time signature in music; 2×4 (Guadalcanal Diary album), 1987; 2×4 (Einstürzende Neubauten album), 1984; 2×4 (Malachi Favors and Tatsu Aoki album), 1999; Two by Four, 1989 album by Marc Johnson

  9. Wall plate - Wikipedia

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    A plate in timber framing is "A piece of Timber upon which some considerable weight is framed...Hence Ground-Plate...Window-plate [obsolete]..." etc. [1] Also called a wall plate, [2] raising plate, [3] or top plate, [4] An exception to the use of the term plate for a large, load-bearing timber in a wall is the bressummer, a timber supporting a wall over a wall opening (see also: lintel).