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To Make Long Character-Marked Cuttings From Low-Grade Yellow-Poplar Lumber - Rip First

Informally Refereed

Abstract

Long, character-marked furniture cuttings are easily obtained when low-grade (2A and 2B Common) yellow-poplar lumber is first ripped into strips and then crosscut to remove objectionable defects. Overall yields of character-marked material using this procedure were 78% from 1 Common and 2A Common and 70% from 2B Common yellow-poplar lumber. Furthermore, 82% of the 1 Common cuttings, 61% of the 2A Common cuttings, and 35% of the 2B Common cuttings were longer than 50 inches.

Citation

Araman, Philip A. 1979. To Make Long Character-Marked Cuttings From Low-Grade Yellow-Poplar Lumber - Rip First. International Journal of Furniture Research. 1(10): 14-17.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/419