Shape Talk

How to speak like a remanufacturer in one easy lesson

tTtHE ABILITY to speak the lanI guage of remanufacturing is essential when securing custom milling services. From selecting a milling house and ordering a job to discussing any problems, you must have a familiarity with common milling terms to ensure the proper work gets done.

Comrnon remanufacturing services and product descriptions include:

Center Matched (CM) Lumber machined to feature a tongue in the center of one edge of each piece and a groove in the center of the opposite edge, so pieces can be fitted together in a close joint.

Chamfering Slicing off the square edge or end of a piece of wood to produce a bevel or slope.

Crosscut Lumber or plywood sawn across the grain.

Dadoing Cutting a three-sided groove into one piece, usually across the grain, to accommodate another piece.

Double-End Trimmed (DET)

Passed through saws to be trimmed smoothly at both ends.

Dovetailing Producing interlocking joints for cabinetry.

Edge banding Application of materials to panel edges for appqgrance, to accommodate the attachment of hardware, or to provide an edge suitable for machining.

Edge easing Slightly rounding the edges of wood products to reduce splintering.

Edge gluing Gluing together lumber edge-to-edge to form a wider piece or panel.

Edging Ripping and squaring the edges of a cant in an edger to produce lumber.

End/edge sealing Treating the ends or edges of lumber to prevent moisture from entering, most often using wax.

End/edge matuhed Lumber that has been matched with a tongue at one end/edge and a groove at the other to provide a tight fit.

Fingerjointing Joining multiple pieces of lumber end-to-end by sawing interlocking fingers into the ends ofeach piece.

Grain printing Concealing the original face color and grain pattern by overprinting a new color and grain to replicate a more attractive wood.

Notching Making an angular cut or groove in an object to accommodate a crosspiece.

Optimized rip/chop Using special equipment that determines the best way to saw, edge or trim wood to maximize the yield.

Plugged & Touch Sanded (P&TS) Plywood sheathing and underlayment with holes and other surface defects patched with wood plugs or plastic filler. High spots on the patch are then removed by touch sanding.

Precision End Trimmed (PET) Lumber trimmed square and smooth on both ends to a uniform length within 1/16" for a minimum 807o ofthe pieces.

Profiling Cutting to a particular pattern.

Resawn Lumber cut lengthwise. Ripped Lumber sawn and resawn lengthwise to reduce its width or to produce two or more narrow pieces from a single wide piece.

Ripped & Bundled Added service of tying together a requested number of pieces of ripped lumber.

Routing Removal of a defect to be replaced by a patch.

SISE Surfaced one side and one edge.

S1S2E Surfaced one side and two edges.

S2E Surfaced two edges.

S2S Surfaced two sides.

Story at a Glance

To ensure proper remanufacturing, learn the lingo.