Bamboo has long been used as a building material in the Far East and seen as a curiosity here in the West. That’s rapidly changing though, as people are finding more and more creative ways to use bamboo in the place of either wood or paper. Today it is possible to find bamboo “paper” towels, … Read more
Douglas fir is the hardest of all softwoods, even though it is a conifer with the distinctive needles of all conifer trees. The trees are fast-growing and can attain 150 feet in height. When the Douglas Fir tree grows in dense forests it is self-pruning, allowing the lower branches to die off. This creates wood … Read more
Going into any home improvement center can be an experience. Today’s marketplace is filled with new products, with more being added all the time. There’s no real way of knowing if the products that were there last week will still be on hand or if they are, if they will come from the same supplier … Read more
Physical and Aesthetic Properties of Plywood Grains To observe plywood’s physical and aesthetic properties, we must know is a composite material that is made by gluing several plies of wood together. The meshing of the plies of the wood is done systematically, keeping in mind the direction of the grains of the individual plies. During … Read more
Spruce plywood is a type of wood that fits into the SPF (Spruce, Pine, Fir) class. It is also commonly known as “Whitewood” and tends to be very light in color. Of course, this depends on the exact species of Spruce being used, but generally, it is a very light-colored wood. Furthermore, Spruce plywood is … Read more