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  • Eco-label for furniture

    An update on the development of an eco-label for furniture, a European Commission project.

  • Wood dust: measure to manage

    Wood dust is an important health issue for the furniture industry. Duties exist to control exposure and monitoring forms an essential element of any programme of control

  • UV Pine - lacquer free coloration

    Adding colour to pine the natural way

  • UK softwood drying

    From UK softwood drying: A best practice guide. 2000 All timber over a period of time will reach a moisture content which is in equilibrium with the temperature and humidity of the surrounding atmosphere. Moisture content measurement is based on the weight of water present in the timber and is expressed as a percentage of the dry weight of the timber.

  • Wood: A Natural, Renewable, Structural Material

    The natural purpose of wood is to provide a framework which supports the foliage and fruits of the tree and which is resistant to lateral wind forces and gravity loads. These structural properties make it an ideal construction material.

  • The Environmental Merits of Timber

  • Selecting suitable timber species

    Alun Watkins discusses key issues for designers, specifiers and clients to consider when selecting timber species.

  • Timber Certification

  • Joinery performance: work with wood, not against it

    There are two ways of looking at wood as a manufacturing material. One can select appropriate species and exploit its properties through good component design or, as happens all too often, one can consider wood's unique properties as a nuisance and a hindrance to the manufacturing process. This route leads to failures which could easily be avoided through greater understanding and care.

  • Moisture content

    Wood will always contain some water. 'Green' wood, as felled, may be saturated, with the cell cavities full of water or sap, and water chemically bound in the cell walls.

  • Structure of wood

    Describes the structure of wood and how this affects visible aspects including sapwood and heartwood, knots, growth rings, grain figure and texture

  • Solid Timber: Sections and Sizes

    Explains the patterns used for sawing logs and the effect on the sections cut. Gives commonly available section sizes.

  • Introducing wood

    Provides information on the properties of timbers and the terminology used.

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