DENDROLOGY

TREE UTILIZATION AND PRODUCTS

TIMBER HARVESTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The process of converting (cutting) logs into boards of usable timber is called ____
A
Boarding
B
Conversion
C
Cutting
D
Planking
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Conversion of timber is the process of cutting of sawn wood into section used for the engineering purpose. Types of timber conversion – Ordinary sawing, Tangential sawing, Quarter sawing, Radial sawing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Share to Facebook Share to Twitter. Definition(s): Parsing a log in one format and storing its entries in a second format.

Detailed explanation-3: -Billet sawn. A similar method for large diameter logs or where there is a large central shake in the heart of the tree. Plain sawn. This boxes out the heart but does not provide a good yield of stable material. Quarter sawn (traditional) Quarter sawn (modern) 01-May-2018

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