System 6: Making Frame-Quality Blanks from White Oak Thinnings

摘要

Low-grade white oak timber, removed during a timber stand improvement cut on the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia, was made into sawlogs, poles, 6-foot bolts, pulpwood, and firewood. The 6-foot bolts were sawed to two cants per bolt; cants were resawed to 4/4 System 6 boards; boards were dried to 6 percent moisture content and were then made into frame blanks using System 6 technology. The blanks were used by an upholstered furniture company to make frames and were found very satisfactory.