PONDEROSA PINE 'NOULDINGS

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Fullerton 1826

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Fullerton

709 S. Spcdrcr WANEHOUSE WHOI.ESATENS

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Ponderosa Pine

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Product ot

WINONA INVESTMENT COMPANY (Colifornio Divisionl Morysville, Colifornio

Dry Redwood

Product of ROCKPORT REDWOOD COMPANY (Monber Californla Redwood Aslociatlon) Rockport, Colifornio

ROUNDS & KITPATRICK TUMBER CO. Rounds, {Neor Asti) Cqlifornio

DOUGIAS,FIR - SUGAR PINE

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Crocker B1,{9., Son Jroncisco 4, Colif. Phone,YUk.on 6-0912

110 West Oceon Blv$, long Beoch 2, Colif. phens5-[sng Beoch 7-2781 - Zenith 604'l

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3/e" plywood lvhen equipment additions are completed early this year.

Major installations in the "green end" include an eighttray system for veneer handling, a new lathe for peeling core stock and another green veneer dryer. In the finishing department additional hot patch setters, defect cutters ancl plugger machines will keep pace with boosted production. A second hot press will help compress the increased flon' of veneer into the various plies of rvood "sand.iviches."

The tray system is being adapted to existing equipment by moving the present large peeling lathe into floor sltace gained by extending the main building width (r0 feet torvard the Columbia River. Trn'o. automatic clippers will section thc veneer flow from the trays into panel rvidths.

The new core lathe will peel core stock from four and five foot blocks, obtained by cutting 8 and 10 foot blocks in half. Cores will ,come from the big lathe after face stock veneer grades have been fully recovered. After these cores are peeled down to about a six inch diameter, they rvill be routed to the new kraft pulp mill for chipping, thus completing their utilization.

To expedite the flow of green veneer to the dryers. handling systems are being revamped. This rvill increase the recovery of otherrvise unusable material for pulp mill chipping. A Smith veneer retriever will also be installed. On the new green sorting belt mechanical offbearers u'ill segregate stock by grades. Both dryers will receive green veneer from a split feed intake, rvhich substitutes roller