The fourth webinar from Canadian Wood focuses on wooden products in ‘Best practices in solid wood furniture manufacture”. Watch the presenter Peter Bradfield, a technical adviser at Canadian Wood. He discusses numerous Canadian wood species such as Western Hemlock, Yellow Cedar, Western Red Cedar, Douglas-Fir, and Spruce-Pine-Fir,. Also, he talks about their distinct qualities, grades, and product applications.
The presentation also addresses essential areas of the production process that have a direct impact on final outcomes, such as timber management, seasoning, acclimatization, grain and grade selection, machining, wood coating, and completed product storage.
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Reflective of the challenges in manufacturing faced by the OEMs and the contractors such as lack of essential training facilities the webinar focused upon ‘Best practices in the manufacturing of solid wooden furniture. It also talks about the limited understanding of wood treatment, storage, wastage, and handling of wood or finished wood goods. Well-known manufacturers, contractors, timber merchants, and wood traders attended the webinar.
