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2. Lumber - Wikipedia

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   Lumber is the most common and widely used method of sawing logs. Plain sawn lumber is produced by making the first cut on a tangent to the circumference of the log. Each additional cut is then made parallel to the one before. This method produces the widest possible boards with the least amount of log waste.

3. 84 Lumber - Wikipedia

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   84 Lumber sign. 84 Lumber is an operated American building materials supply company. Founded in 1956 [2] by Joseph Hardy, it derives its name from the unincorporated village of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh, where its headquarters are located. In 1992, Joe Hardy's daughter, Maggie ...

4. Payless Cashways - Wikipedia

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   Payless Cashways. Payless Cashways was a building materials retailer based in Kansas City, United States. The company primarily operated during the 1980s and 1990s, and is considered among the first national chains to implement the DIY strategy. The company experienced financial difficulties during the late 1980s.

5. History of the lumber industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The history of the lumber industry in the United States spans from the precolonial period of British timber speculation, subsequent British colonization, and American development into the twenty-first century. Following the near eradication of domestic timber on the British Isles, the abundance of old-growth forests in the New World posed an ...

6. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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   Parallel-strand lumber ( PSL) is a form of engineered wood made from parallel wood strands bonded together with adhesive. It is used for beams, headers, columns, and posts, among other uses. The strands in PSL are clipped veneer elements having a least dimension of not more than inch (6.4 mm) and an average length of at least 300 times this ...

7. Laminated veneer lumber - Wikipedia

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   Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is an engineered wood product that uses multiple layers of thin wood assembled with adhesives. It is typically used for headers, beams, rimboard, and edge-forming material. LVL offers several advantages over typical milled lumber: Made in a factory under controlled specifications, it is stronger, straighter, and ...

8. Edward Hines Lumber Company - Wikipedia

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   www .hinessupply .com. Edward Hines (1863–1931) circa 1901. Hines Supply (originally the Edward Hines Lumber Company ), based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, in the United States, is a company which manufactures lumber, plywood and other wood products. [ 1] It also sells related services such as consultations and cost estimates for building projects.

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