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FACE LOG [11 records]

Record 1 2017-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

[The] face of a piece which is furthest from the log pith or any face if both faces are at an equal distance from the pith.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Face du bois scié qui est la plus éloignée du cœur de la grume, ainsi que n'importe laquelle des deux faces si elles sont à la même distance du cœur.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Woodworking
CONT

Made in the traditional form, this broad hatchet is a tool for rough shaping of material and can double as a camp axe in a pinch.

OBS

Broad axes(and hatchets) are described by the side of the log they cut. A right hand broad [hatchet] is used on the right hand side of the log(when looking down the length of the log.) Consequently, [it] has a head that is flat on the left side and a handle that deflects to the right(away from the flat face) so that it clears the log.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Travail du bois
CONT

Ces hachettes à équarrir de forme traditionnelle sont efficaces pour dégrossir le bois et elles sont tout aussi utiles en camping.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

[In quarter sawing the] the log is not slabbed to produce a cant but instead is cut into quarters, which are milled into lumber having the annual growth rings at not less than 45º to the face of the boards. If the angle is between 80º and 100º, the board is termed fully quarter sawn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
CONT

Auparavant, le sciage sur quartier consistait à couper la bille en quartiers pour ensuite les scier en planches de manière à ce que les anneaux de croissance annuels forment un angle d'au moins 45º avec la face des planches [...] Si l'angle se situe entre 80º et 100º, la planche est dite sciée sur plein quartier.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

One of numerous bumps that are located in the center of the external face of a curved log that exclude any merchant value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Bosse, généralement en nombre multiple, qui affecte le centre de la face externe d'une bille courbe et qui rend son bois peu exploitable commercialement.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
  • Silviculture
DEF

The curved face of a sweeply log having an outline like the interior of a circle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Face incurvée d'une bille courbe affectant la forme intérieure d'un arc de cercle.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
DEF

The curved face of a sweepy log having an outline like the outside of a circle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
DEF

Face incurvée d'une bille courbe affectant la forme extérieure d'un arc de cercle.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
  • Xylology (The Study of Wood)
OBS

Term used in sawing, grading and evaluating the surface quality of logs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
  • Xylologie (Étude des bois)
OBS

Terme utilisé dans le sciage, la classification et l'évaluation de la qualité de la surface des billes.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

Chipping. After debarking(and possibly lumber extraction), the logs(or portions of logs) are reduced to chips suitable for the subsequent pulping operations. Several designs of chipper are used, the most common being the flywheel-type disc with a series of blades mounted radially along the face and projecting about 20 mm.... The logs are usually fed through a sloping spout to one side of the rotating disc so that the knives strike at an angle of 35 to 40° from the axis of the log. The logs can also be fed horizontally to a disc mounted at the proper angle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)

Spanish

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Record 9 1989-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Geological Prospecting
DEF

Trade name for a microresistivity log, obtained with a miniaturized focused-current log electrode arrangement designed to measure a shallow volume of rock at the borehole face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Prospection géologique
DEF

Variante du latérolog, dans laquelle les mesures de résistance sont faites sur une zone particulièrement étroite de la formation.

CONT

Le Microlaterolog est un outil qui donne d'excellentes mesures de Rxo [résistivité de la zone lavée] lorsque la profondeur d'invasion est d'au moins 100 mm et l'épaisseur de boue inférieure à 10 mm.

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Finishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finitions (Construction)

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Wood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport du bois
DEF

Bille de devant et de fond d'une route; celle qui retient toutes les autres.

Spanish

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