Making Lumber

Below is a general outline of the steps that go into making lumber.

 

Production

• Log Debarking
• Log Bucking and Merchandising
• Sawlog Sorting

Green Rough Lumber Production

• Primary Log Breakdown
• Secondary Log Breakdown
• Edging
• Trimming
• Sorting

Drying of Lumber

Processing of Dry Rough Lumber

• Planing
• Grading
• Storing and Shipping

Good article, "Seeing the Lumber for the Trees" by Sean L. Goldie describing the transformation from logs to lumber from Structural Building Components Magazine (Formerly WOODWORDS), December 2000

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