Topics for the workshop include fundamentals of hardwood lumber grading and terminology with practice grading, log grades and tree grades, what constitutes a defect, and predicting log and tree value.

The hardwood industry adds $17 billion to Indiana’s economy. Since 1898, the hardwood lumber industry has relied on the human eye to detect knots and other imperfections as a way of determining the ...

A. The lumber grades were developed and are overseen by the NHLA (National Hardwood Lumber Association). The difference between Select grade lumber and No.1 Common lumber is that when grading both ...

As lumber grading is a high-demand occupation in northeast Michigan, some participants may be eligible to have the cost of the course covered. To learn more about financial aid, contact your local ...

Photo by Janelle Patterson Cants make their way around a conveyor and through a resaw at Haessly Hardwood Lumber Company in Lower Newport last week. Bark shaved off is routed elsewhere to become ...

Bottom line: For anyone selling or buying "dry" or "kiln dried" hardwood lumber, specify as closely as possible, the desired or required MC, and other expectations, such as free of drying stress ...

ELKHART, Ind. — Two workshops related to lumber grading and manufacturing of hardwoods will take place this month in Elkhart. “Hardwood Lumber Grading and Manufacturing” is a three-day event ...

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), the leading international trade association for the American hardwood industry, revealed that its 'American Hardwood Seminar and Lumber Grading Workshop', ...