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Record 1 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Most lumber is plain-sawed - that is, sawed flat-grain - by cutting tangentially to the log center. ... Lumber may also be quarter-sawed along a radius to the log center, so that the growth rings are at angles of 45° to 90° with the widest surface of the cut piece. Quarter-sawed lumber is less affected by moisture changes ...

OBS

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Carpentry of Woodworking Tools, Terms & Materials (1973) specified that the terms "edge-grain" and "vertical-grain" apply to softwood lumber only, and "quarter-sawed" is the comparable term for hardwood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

[Se dit d'un] bois scié de façon à ce que les faces larges soient approximativement à angle droit avec les anneaux de croissance annuels.

OBS

débit sur quartier : Bois qui est scié le long du rayon des couches annuelles ou à un angle qui n'est pas inférieur à 45° du rayon [...]

Key term(s)
  • taillé sur mailles
  • scié sur maille, à fil rectiligne
  • débité sur maille
  • quartonné

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