Deforestation Link to video on deforestation

Trees to Table Saws How we get wood, what are wood products and who are the people using them?

Harvesting Trees Silva Culture Selective Cutting Clear Cutting Video on Silva Culture Selective Cutting PICTURE OF SELECTIVE CUTTING Clear Cutting Picture of Clear Cutting

Processing Lumber Barking Slicing into large planks or cants Slice edge and trim cants Grading and sorting Drying Lumber Air and Kiln Drying Video on how and why we dry wood

Classification of Wood Panel Stock MDF OSB Plywood Interior / Exterior Hardwood Hardboard Molding Softwood

Hardwood vs Softwood Hardwood comes from deciduous trees Oak Maple Walnut Poplar Softwood comes from coniferous trees Fir Pine Redwood

Lumber Defects Knot Check & Split Decay Warp (pictures on next page) Place where a branch grew from the tree Check & Split Separation of the wood, check is on the end Decay Rotting Wood Warp (pictures on next page)

Warp

Grading Lumber TOO Complex for my little brain In General FAS - First and Seconds Select & Better (very close to FAS) #1 Common #2 Common

Jobs Construction / Carpenter Cabinetmaker Millwright Drafter / Architect Forester Furniture Designer CAD / CAM Teacher Dressmaker

Problem Solving State the problem clearly Collect information Develop possible solutions Select the best solution Implement the solution Evaluate the solution

Selective Cutting Return to harvesting trees

Clear Cutting Return to harvesting trees

Rot Return to lumber defects

Split Check Return to lumber defects

Knots Return to lumber defects

Return to lumber grading Select and Better Return to lumber grading

Return to lumber grading #1 common Return to lumber grading

Return to lumber grading Cherry #2 common Return to lumber grading

Dress Made Out of Wood Return to jobs