Siberian larch is…?
Common names of tree species are rather confusing – as some species go by different names and some common names are applied to different species. […]
Articles by Dan Ridley-Ellis
New machine grading standard…
The results of the (second) CEN Enquiry for prEN 14081-2 (the standard that governs machine grading settings) are out. Approval was by 85% of the […]
C and D – what do they stand for?
The European Standard EN 338 contains a list of strength classes for structural timber. There is a set primarily for softwoods which begin with the […]
Moisture in Sitka spruce trees and logs (PhD thesis)
Congratulations to Mike Yerbury who graduated with a PhD. The thesis contains commercially valuable information so is embargoed for a period – but you can […]
Drying and distortion of spruce wood (PhD thesis)
Congratulations to Jas Canavan on graduating with a PhD. His thesis (” The effects of drying on the dimensional stability of spruce wood”) is available to […]
Do not trust this blog (fully)
You will often find things written in books, webpages, information sheets, course notes, and webpages (including this blog) – which tells you what is written […]
The journey of plywood
On 19th July members of the board of the Wood Technology Society of IOM3 were treated to a tour of the “plywood” exhibition at the […]
Citius, Rigidius, Fortius
Today, 20th July, is Gregor Mendel‘s birthday*. And we are excited to see the new research developments in tree breeding and genomics – and the […]
For wood measure
How big is a piece of timber? If you are using a grading standard – such as the new European visual grading standard for tropical […]
Call: International Conference on Wood Science & Technology, Zagreb 7-8 December
The call is out to the International Conference on Wood Science and Technology “Implementation of Wood Science in Woodworking Sector” which will take place at […]