Grading, Forest Fires, and Bugs
This episode I catch up on some questions submitted via email and give an update on the Amazon Rainforest fires, a beetle cure, a lumber laundering scheme, and air dried vs kiln dried lumber.
Industry News
Amazon rainforest fires: difficult to tell at this stage but many concession owners state it will cause problems in their later stage holdings.
Tales from the Yard
Early stage R&D into Shou Sugi Ban finishing treatments as an exterior finish but also for character finish on a wider variety of interior products too.
Feedback
- A nano tech solution to deter beetles from eating the trees
- Chinese furniture could be laundered illegal lumber
emails
- Brad asks about lumber grading and where and how it is done
- Greg asks about Baltic Birch plywood
- Joe wonders about Air Dried vs Kiln Dried lumber
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Ref the discussion of Amazon forest fires. I was recently in Brazil on a business trip (not Amazon area) and the word I got from folks down there is that basically these fires happen almost every year at this time of year. Maybe this year is slightly worse, but is getting the media attention here and there because it was politically driven. I don’t recall the actual motive, but has to do with the current Brazil president’s stance on things. (may not be 100% factual, but is what was the attitude towards it down there)
I’m sure you are right. Most of my contacts down there don’t view it as anything out of the ordinary and are surprised that it is getting any attention at all. The fact is fire is a good thing for forests and part of the natural order of things.