Data bank for short-length red oak lumber

1998 data bank for kiln-dried red oak lumber

“…We do not claim these distributions to be representative of what is available in the market place. The data bank contains 426 boards (12.2 percent of the total) from a data bank of boards that are less than 8 feet long (Wiedenbeck et al 1994). The shapes of the width distributions in Figures 1-6 are similar to those of a current Forest Service study of lumber found in the yards of 14 lumber-producing and using companies.…”

“…Sampling for the Common grades and the shorter boards (4 to 7 feet) is discussed in detail in Gatchell et al (1992b) and Wiedenbeck et al (1994). Initially, we attempted to fill length-width cells without regard for the actual distributions available.…”

“…This data bank contains the 4/4 boards from two earlier red oak data banks (Gatchell et al 1992b;Wiedenbeck et al 1994). To these were added more than 1,400 new boards.…”