Shape Talk

How to speak like a remanufacturer in one easy lesson

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

Common 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 closejoint.

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 appearance, 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 matched 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 of each 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 of the 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.

SlSE Surfaced one side and one edge.

SIS2E 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.

S4S Surfaced four sides.

Sanded Wood smoothed to remove saw or lathe marks and other imperfections.

Scarf jointing Chamfering or beveling the ends of two pieces of lumber or plywood to be joined flush. Surfaced Lumber that has been planed on one or more sides or edges to attain uniform size or a smooth surface.

Tapered A log or piece of lumber with a gradually diminishing thickness, diameter or width.

Tenoning Producing projections (tenons) in a piece of wood designed to be inserted into slots (mortises) of another member to form a mortise and tenon joint.

Other milling services include bevel sawing, boring, chipping, dog earing, drilling, edge filling, flaking, palleUbox/crate construction, shredding, slicing, stake pointing, truss fabrication, and special patterns.

In addition, different remanufacturers also offer varying extra services, such as custom sorting, antistain treating, insect fogging, waterrepellent treating, incising, pressure treating, kiln drying, lamination, overlays, priming, machine prefinishing, painting, screen printing, grade stamping, paper/poly/shrink wrapping, custom packaging, deliverY, container loading, custom car and van reloading, and computerized engineering, design and testing.

A working knowledge of remanufacturing terminology puts you and your milling house on an even plane.

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