Within-grade quality differences for 1 and 2A common lumber affect processing and yields when gang-ripping red oak lumber

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 85-90

  Gatchell, Charles J ^a   Thomas, R Edward ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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