A slicing machine in which the flitch or piece of log is raised and lowered against the blade and slices of the log are made.
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Later, he erected a sawmill, and his flitch cedar was floated down the Mossman River on punts to be loaded on ships in the open sea bound for England.
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The woman sprang up, and hastily began to arrange some bread and flitch in a tin pail, and to pour her own measure of ale into a bottle.
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In woodworking, veneer refers to thin slices of wood, usually thinner than 3 mm (1/8 inch), that are typically glued onto core panels (typically, wood, particle board or medium-density fiberboard) to produce flat panels such as doors, tops and panels for cabinets, parquet floors and parts of ...
A board in which the round of the trunk is still visible, a rough-cut board.
A plank-sized chunk of lumber that has been cut into very thin slices for veneering piano cases.
A log or part of a log, trimmed and prepared for conversion into veneers, or part of a converted log suitable for further conversion.
A stack of boards or sheets of veneer sawn from the same log and remaining in the order in which they were cut.
Candy made of peanut butter rolled up in a mixture of mashed potatoes (yes, mashed potatoes) and powdered sugar. Often sold at block parties and church/school functions.
A log sawn on two or more sides, In NZ generally refers to size of 200mm wide or more x 100m thickness or more , Sizes under this crossection often called mini flitch