When choosing wood for applications such as load-bearing beams in houses, it's important not to use pieces that contain cracks or other defects that could affect their structural integrity. While not ...

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This release is available in German. People who buy an expensive solid wooden table or wardrobe want to be certain that their new piece of furniture is absolutely faultless. Pianos – whether upright ...

A group of less-academic students have been left at a disadvantage with a common-level woodwork paper that contained difficult words across 15 written pages, offered no choice and lacked a marking ...

Is there a hairline crack in the oak table? Was the window frame glued badly? Ultrasound thermography can reliably identify material defects during the production of wooden items. This allows rejects ...