APPENDIX. 



GRADES AND SPECIFICATIONS OF ROUGH STOCK AND SQUARES 

 EMPLOYED IN MAKING SPECIAL HARDWOOD PRODUCTS FOR 

 FACTORY USE. 



The following list gives a general idea of the grades and dimensions required for 

 different hardwood products. While, as explained in the footnote on page 6, the 

 demand for quality and size is not uniform even in the same industry, the list may yet 

 be of some value in determining the amount of merchantable material in a defective 

 log, where short cuttings may often be made between large knots, rot pockets, and the 

 like. 



Class of material. 



Dimensions, etc. 



Furniture lumber 



Ties 



Cooperage (tight) 



Cooperage (slack) 



Wagon axles 



Wagon bolsters 



Wagon reaches 



Wagon poles 



Wagon eveners 



Singletrees 



Neck yokes 



Felloes (wagon) 



Hub stock 



Spokes 



Boxboards 



Implement stock 



Handle stock 



Locomotive and car timbers 



Excelsior 



Pencil stock 



Poles, posts, and piling 



In plank or board No. 1 common or better used for 

 cuttings. 



Hewed, split, or sawed dimensions vary from 6" x 6" 

 to 7" x 9" up to 16' in length for switches . Reason- 

 ably sound, coarse material utilized. 



For staves^ No defects, cut from trees not less than 

 16" in diameter. Bolts to be approximately 36" 

 long. 



For heading: Same as for staves, only bolts may be 

 cut 20" to 22" in length. 



Rough stock, inferior species admitting of consid- 

 erable defects yet serviceable for barrels not to 

 contain liquids. Dimension specifications ap- 

 proximately the same as for tight stock. 



Squares 2| " x 3|" to 6" x 7" and 6 / long. Inspec- 

 tion as per grading rules. 



Squares 3" x 4" to 4" x 6" and in lengths 4' 1" to 

 4' 6". Inspection as per grading rules. 



Squares 2" x 4" to 2\" x 5" and in lengths 8' 10" to 

 14'. Inspection as per grading rules. 



Squares 2\" x 4" tops, to 4" x 4" butts and 12' long 

 to 3i" x 3|" tops, to 3_i" x 5" butts and 12' long. 

 Inspection as per grading rules. 



Squares 2" x 4" to 2£" x 5" and in length 4' 2" x 

 4' 6". 



Squares for turning to be 2£" x 3" and 36" long. 



Squares for turning to be 4" x 4" and 44" to 48" 

 long. 



Squares for sawing may be made from short, clear 

 cuttings 10" to 14" wide and from 24" to 30" long. 



In the round for turning. Blocks to be 9J" to 12" 

 in diameter inside of bark and 12" to 15^" long. 



Squares for turning to be approximately 2" x 2^" 

 and 30" in length. 



9" to 17" in width and 12 / to 16' in length. 



Factory stock, boards, and plank for cuttings, to 

 grade No. 1 common and better. 



Split or in round for factory. Bolts to be cut 40" 

 long. Usually corded. 



Dimension stock usually cut to order as per uses. 



Cut as cordwood; seasoned for shaving. 38" cord. 



Reasonably clear material. Corded or cut into deals 

 for export. 



Cut to order as required. 



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