The Wood Handbook is one of the best-kept secrets in woodworking literature.
The USDA Forest Products Laboratory has brought together in this volume
more useful information about wood than one can find in any other single volume
in print today. The range of information is both remarkable and detailed. It is a credit
to the Forest Service of the USDA and a godsend to woodworkers everywhere.

All the information in the original 1999 USDA version of the Handbook is included
here with one change; we used sequential pagination in preference to pagination by
chapter as was the style of the original. To ease communication between users of
different editions, we include an equivalency table on page 464.

Leonard G. Lee
Ottawa
April, 2002

C 2002 Algrove Publishing Limited
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, including photocopying, without permission in writing form the publishers, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a magazine or newspaper or on radio or television.

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Cover Credit: The model on the cover was made by Marc Guilhemjouan as an example of how he builds timber-frame homes using the French scribe system. The model is 41 1/2’’ w X 12’’ d X 29’’ h.
The cover is a close-up of one corner to show the fine details of this traditional form of timber framing.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We gratefully acknowledge the extraordinary effort of the following individuals in their review of the final draft of this entire volume. Their effort has substantially enhanced the clarity, consistency, and coverage of the Wood Handbook.

Arthur Brauner
Forest Products Society
Madison, Wisconsin

Bradford Douglas
American Forest & Paper Association
Washington, DC

David Green
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, Wisconsin

Michael Hunt
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana

Contributors to the Wood Handbook are indebted to the following individuals and organizations for their early technical review of chapter manuscripts.

Terry Amburgey
Forest Products Laboratory
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Jon Arno
Troy, Minnesota

B. Alan Bendtsen
Madison, Wisconsin



A.William Boehner
Trus Joist MacMillan
Boise, Idaho

R. Michael Caldwell
American Institute of Timber Construction
Englewood, Colorado

Donald Carr
NAHB-National Research Center
Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Thomas Daniels
Energy Products of Idaho
Cœur D’Alene, Idaho


Donald DeVisser
West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau
Portland, Oregon


Bradford Douglas
American Forest and Paper Association
Washington, DC


Stan Elberg
National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association
Memphis, Tennessee


Paul Foehlich
Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Barry Goodell
Forest Products Laboratory
University of Maine
Orono, Maine


Kevin Haile
HP&VA
Reston, Virginia



Daniel Hare
The Composite Panel Association
Gaithersburg, Maryland


R. Bruce Hoadley
Forestry Departement
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts

David Hon
Department of Forest Resources
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina


Robert Hunt
Western Wood Products Association
Portland, Oregon

Lisa Johnson
Southern Pine Inspection Bureau
Pensacola, Florida

Tom Jones
Southern Pine Inspection Bureau
Pensacola, Florida


Charles Jourdain
California Redwood Association Laboratory
Novato, California

Perry Peralta
Department of Wood and Paper Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

David Plackett
Forintek Canada Coorporation
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

David Pollock
Civil Engineering Departement
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

Redwood Inspection Service
Mill Valley, California



Alan Ross
Kop-Coat Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Thomas Searles
American Lumber Standards Committee
Germantown, Maryland

James Shaw
Weyerhaeuser Compagny
Tacoma, Washington

Bradley Shelley
West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau
Portland, Oregon

Richard Caster
Weyerhaeuser Company
Tacoma, Washington


Kevin Cheung
Western Wood Products Association
Portland, Oregon

Stephen Clark
Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
Cumberland Center, Maine

Richard Cook
National Casein Company
Santa Ana, California

William Crossman
Atlanta Wood Industries
Savannah, Georgia



John Kressbach
Gillette, New Jersey


Robert Kundrot
Nestle Resins Corporation
Springfield, Oregon


Steven Lawser
Wood Component Manufacturers Association
Marietta, Georgia


Phillip Line
American Forest & Paper Association
Washington, DC


Joseph Loferski
Brooks Forest Products Center
Blacksburg, Virginia



Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association
Northbrook, Illinois



Thomas McLain
Department of Forest Products
Oregon State of University
Corvallis, Oregon


David McLean
Civil Engineering Department
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington


Rodney McPhee
Canadian Wood Council
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


Michael Milota
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon


Jeffrey Morrell
Department of Forest Products
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon


National Hardwood Lumber Association
Memphis, Tennessee

Darrel Nicholas
Forest Products Laboratory
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Michael O’Halloran
APA-The Engineered Wood Association
Tacoma, Washington

Ramsey Smith
Louisiana Forest Products
Baton Rouge, Louisiana


William Smith
SUNY-ESF
Wood Products Engineering
Syracuse, New York


Edward Starostovic
PFS/TECO Corporations
Madison, Wisconsin



Louis Wagner
American Hardwood Association
Palatine, Illinois


Eugene Wengert
Department of Forestry
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Michael Westfall
Red Cedar Shingle & Handsplit Shake Bureau
Bellevue, Washington


Borjen Yeh
APA-The Engineered Wood Association
Tacoma, Washington

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