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Illegally logged wood from Cambodia likely ending up in U.S. homes
24, Dec 2024U.S. consumers risk using flooring products made of wood illegally logged from Cambodia’s rainforests, a recent Mongabay investigation suggests. The investigation focused on companies in Cambodia...
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Everything To Know About Portable Sawmills
23, Dec 2024Milling your own lumber can save you big bucks, and maybe even earn you a few. A portable sawmill comes to the log and makes it relatively easy. Lumber prices increased during the pandemic...
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Medieval Economy Revealed Through Timber Tales
20, Dec 2024Scientists have reconstructed European socio-economic cycles between 1250 and 1699 in unprecedented detail, by using the power of tree rings to reveal the exact age of more than 54,000 pieces...
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Tips for purchasing sawmill for farm
12, Dec 2024WHAT MILL TO BUY: Portable mills can be set up anywhere in the woods or on the farm. For many landowners working to utilize woodland resources on their property, purchasing a sawmill...
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Researchers use wood to capture body heat for energy generation
02, Dec 2024The lignin-based membranes soaked in salt solution can effectively capture and store energy from body heat. Whenever a body engages in physical activity, muscles break down...
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Automated bundling, cutting, profiling and stacking in limited space solved
26, Nov 2024The challenge of designing a system for bundling, cutting to length, milling and stacking timber in an area less than 18m wide was no problem for the Kallfass project at Bois Brever...
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US South Set to Surpass Canada in Lumber Production
25, Nov 2024The U.S. South is poised to overtake Canada’s historic dominance in North American lumber production as decades of trade restrictions take their toll...
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Policronica crafts Parisian hotel interior using "invasive wood"
20, Nov 2024Design studio Policronica has transformed the interior of Hotel Elysée Montmartre in Paris, relying almost exclusively on a single species of wood...
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Revolution looming in lumber industry
11, Nov 2024Wood Engineering Technology aims to turn the lumber industry on its head with a process that can turn low-value pallet wood into high-value structural timber. Director Tony Johnston says the Auckland...
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Revolutionizing sawmilling with AI
10, Nov 2024Over the past 10 years, we’ve seen that artificial intelligence (AI) is more than just a buzzword. It is about to revolutionize all fields of our society. From image recognition to visual art creation and from...
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