Re-grading of timber
Can you visually grade timber rejected by a grading machine? We know that it happens – is it allowed? More importantly – does it correctly […]
Brexit and standards update
It looks like we have more of an idea where we are heading, than the last time we looked at Brexit and Standardisation (here) and […]
Call open for European Conference on Wood Modification
The 9th European Conference on Wood Modification (ECWM9) will be held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, on September 18th-20th 2017. “The European Conference on Wood Modification […]
Research note – minor conifer species
Forestry Commission has published a research note with a summary of the basic wood properties information that David Gil-Moreno obtained in his PhD project. You […]
Grading machines and their speeds
Edit 23.07.2023: a citable list of these machine details, correct to date can be found in https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2022.2050549.Edit: 02.05.2024: new machines are included in the addendum […]
What is the density of wood?
This is one of those simple sounding questions that has a lot of possible answers. For now, let’s keep it simple and ask something more […]
H0 H0 H0 (Santa’s hypothesis testing)
We all know that Santa is going to find out whether a child has been naughty or nice – but how does he do it? […]
Machine or visual grading? – read this!
The European Standard for machine grading (EN 14081-2) will go to second enquiry (public comment) next year. It will contain a proposal for what happens […]
When is a standard not a standard?
…or why you should not buy EN 14081-1:2016. As we have discussed before (here and here), Harmonized Standards have a special status in that they […]
Quick talks on big topics
Edinburgh Napier’s university-wide Research Conference was held on Wednesday 15 June at our Craiglockhart Campus. The conference showcased the University’s leading research practice, and helped researchers […]