Title 1, — Uses for waste wood frog veneer and plywood plants 
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Type of 
material 
I Species 
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Vanaar 
iHlgh-grade hardwoods 
Mot a large outlet; often produced aa a oowelty Itsa by tne parent 
> plant 
Cuarcoel 
Cora* 6 Incnei 
or mora lr 
diameter 
■Denser epeclea ere 
: preferred 
See PPL Boport Bo. Hlot.6-11 
Container panels, 
2- and }-ply 
Vanaar 
imany 
Container plywood plants can use low-grade venae n for tnls product 
Conlelasrs; 
basksls. naapers. 
light cratas 
Vanaar 
:Many 
The container Industry Is a specialised Industry generally producing 
Its own veneer. Veneer, dry or partially dry, 1/J2 to 1/w loch 
thick. In various sites, can be used 
JllllUttlOD 
Cores 
: Mostly beoch, birch. 
: aaple. oak, and southern 
I yelloe pine 
Potentially a large outlet. See PPL fieport lo. BI666-IO 
Excelsior 
Coras 
iBasseood, aspan, southern 
: yellow pine, end cotton- 
: wood preferred 
Excelsior plants are often operated In connection with veneer-cutting 
operations. Bolt lengths of 18 lnchee, free of knots, are preferred 
fiber, nacuuilctl 
Coraa, vanaar 
iliapla, birch, and aspan 
1 preferred 
Used by manufacturers of roofing felt and the like. Veneer, if used, 
should be hogged, free of dirt and bark. See PPL Report lo. RI066-6 
rioorlo^. ol^e-graln 
Plywood 
:Douglas-f lr 
Panel edgings, trimmed to uniform width, are glued together to for* 
edge-grain flooring 
Puei 
Coraa. veneer, 
plywood, log 
end a , s» w - 
duat, slabs. 
bark 
■ many 
Generally uaod In parent plant. Sometimes sold locally. See PPL 
Baport Bo. BI666-I3 
Lumcsn 
Bozai, headetlcks, 
and hamper bottomi 
Cores 
■ Many 
Generally ueed In parent plant. See PPL. Baport lo. Blboc-8 
Dimension 
Coraa 
:Chlefly Dou^lae-flr 
Material should be 8 feet long or longer. Entire output of one 
Douglas-fir mill going to a eaall sawmill located nearby, at 
pressnt the lumber produced has an excellent market. See PPL 
Baport lo. HI066-8 
Latn and snosf ones 
Coraa 
:Uany 
Poata. stakes, and 
m&rksrs 
Coraa 
iPreferably durable and 
I treatable 
Use of cores for posts varies with the locality. They are eoaetlmea 
quartered for small posts 
Pulp 
Cores. Tenser 
:lany 
Cores can be used by pulp mills located at asms distance, ae snipping 
Is seas as for pulpwood. Veneer Is being used by pulp mills located 
very near to veneer mills, but It must be hogged to chips of uniform 
site. See PPL Baport Mo. BI660-6 
Plaatlce filler 
Sander dust 
:ktany 
Sander dust is sometimes preferred to wood flour aa a filler for 
plastic molding resins 
Soil on for moving 
houaee. machinery, 
and tne Ilka 
Cores 
iPrsferably herd wood 
Mo large market. Coras free of cracks would be preferred 
Seed flata 
Veneer 
: Hardwood a 
Veneer l/32-lnch or thicker, to be creased so as to fold Into bottoxt- 
leaa squares 
Siding, log-cabin 
Cores 
:Many 
Long cores of uniform site would be preferred. They would most 
likely be sawed In two. There Is no established market at present 
Stamped r.ui: 
greenhouse and 
Qura6r7 labels. Ice- 
cream apoona, surgi- 
cal epllnte. tongue 
depreetora, candy 
atlcxe. cocktail 
mlisrs, and tha Ilk* 
Veneer 
:Colefly waits birch. 
s Could probably use hard 
: maple, yellow birch, 
: yellow-poplar, black 
: tupelo. and sap 
: swsetgua i 
Tne as Items are generally produced at the parent veneer plant. 
Veneer .craps can be used in thicknesses of approximately l/l6-lnch 
Toys, novelties, and 
nobtlss 
Vaneer, 
plywood 
imany 
Trimmings of high-grade panels are preferred. Sold la unassorted 
bundles through retailers of craftsmen's and hobbyist's supplies 
fall covering, 
fabric- wood 
Plywood 
:lsany 
Unselected plywood, but uniform in thickseae, la glued to fabric. 
The plywood is Jewel-cut Into 1-lnch squares so that the product 
la flexible and can be glued to curved wall sorfacee 
woodworking articles 
Plywood 
:Dou*lae-flr (at present) i 
I 
Panel edgings, trimmed to uniform width, are ueed for various small 
articles 
Report lo. Hlb66-* 
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