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INSIDE NHLA NHLA WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS Active Member with Annual Sales Between $5M and $20M ■ Ohio Valley Veneer, Inc. | Piketon, OH Active Member with Annual Sales between $1.5M and $5M ■ Mitcheltree Bros. Logging & Lumber, Inc | Pulaski, PA ■ Pro Mark Percussion LLC | Houston, TX Active Member with Annual Sales less than $1.5M ■ Greentree Hardwoods, LLC | Marion, MI ■ Porosky Lumber Co., Inc. | Preston Park, PA ■ Levi Byler Hardwood Lumber | Andover, OH ■ Yasam Wood Veneer Company | Little Rock, AR Active Member Branch ■ BPM Lumber LLC | Whitesburg, KY ■ BPM Lumber LLC | Hyden, KY ■ Inter-Continental Hardwoods, Inc. | Currie, NC Partner Member ■ Sang Trong Import Export Co., Ltd. | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ■ Shouguang Fushi Wood Co., Ltd. | Shouguang, China Sustaining Member ■ BNY Mellon Wealth Management | Los Angeles, CA ■ CrossCheck, Inc. | Petaluma, CA Hardwood Research Member ■ Diego Camacho | Costa Rica If you know a company that would also benefit from membership in NHLA or services provided by the Association, please refer them to John Hester, at 901-377-7558 or j.hester@nhla.com Quarter Ending October 2012 8 DECEMBER 2012 HARDWOOD MATTERS WWW.NHLA.COM
RULES CORNER INSPECTION OF SURFACED LUMBER By Dana Spessert, NHLA Chief Inspector One of the more confusing Rules associated with surfaced lumber seems to be when it is surfaced to the standard rough thickness such as 4/4 (1") lumber after kiln drying which allows for 1/16" scant for shrinkage now being 15/16". If lumber is sold as S2S or Surfaced Hit or Miss, the key being that it is sold as surfaced and represented as such on the contract, it is to be inspected from the better face. One thing that must be considered is the amount of skip and whether or not it will clean up at the standard surfaced thickness in this case being 13/16". Below is the page from the 2011 NHLA Rules Book which explains this Rule. “INSPECTION OF SURFACED LUMBER” Surfaced lumber S2S shall be inspected according to the established grades under the caption of the respective woods, with the following exceptions: The “Clear-Face” Cutting Grade In those grades determined on a defect basis, the missed portion of the board shall be sufficiently thick to permit dressing to the next standard thickness for dressed lumber, except where the board may have wane or its equivalent, and provided that not over one-third of the area of the board in the aggregate may be skipped. Lumber specified “hit or miss” to a finished thickness more than 1/16" thicker than standard thickness for dressed lumber will admit unlimited skipped areas, provided that the missed portion of the required cutting area is sufficiently thick to surface to the next lower standard thickness for dressed lumber. The important thing to remember is that surfaced lumber is inspected from the better face as opposed to the poor face, due to some defects that have been exposed that were not possible to see in the rough. Contact Chief Inspector Dana Spessert by email at d.spessert@nhla.com or by phone at 901-399-7551. The grade shall be determined from the better face of the piece. Paragraphs 56, 57, 58, 60 on pages 14–15 apply to both faces in FAS and to the better face in F1F and Selects. The reverse side of the cuttings in both FAS and No. 1 Common are not required to be sound for the standard grades of F1F and Selects. Slight skips, chipped or torn grain will be admitted on the better face of the required cuttings, the aggregate area not exceeding 6" long by the width of the piece in FAS; 12" long by the width of the piece in F1F and Selects; 18" long by the width of the piece in No. 1 Common, No. 2A and No. 2B Common and No. 3A Common and on the reverse side in aggregate area not exceeding one-third of the surface of the required cuttings. Surfaced Lumber “Hit or Miss” Lumber ordered dressed “hit or miss” shall be inspected as provided for lumber dressed two sides except that, in the cutting grades, the missed portion in the required cutting area shall be sufficiently thick to permit dressing to the next standard thickness for dressed lumber, provided, however, that not over one-third of the required cutting area of the board in the aggregate may be skipped. WWW.NHLA.COM DECEMBER 2012 HARDWOOD MATTERS 9
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