Finger-jointed

High-quality lumber formed by joining small pieces of wood glued end to end, so named because the joint looks like interlocked fingers.

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A common problem with finger-jointed wooden furniture components is chipping in the finger joints due to fiber deviations around sound knots.

Determination of crosscutting safety zone for finger, jointed Pinus sylvestris furniture components

Additionally, the house was built using finger-jointed 2x4s, or 2x4s created from scrap pieces that are put together to create the size of wood needed.

A green place in city space: take a look at this West Asheville standout with Maggie Cramer and the NLJ Green Home Experts Board

Q I am laying 15mm-thick real-wood flooring which is finger-jointed over an existing concrete floor.

Cracks in garden wall could make me weep; ask donny

The $19-million facility will produce finger-jointed lumber and flange stock by reprocessing trim ends from other mills.

Tembec receives provincial loan

These items can be supplied from solid wood or laminated from smaller finger-jointed pieces.

Edge-glued panels

Residential construction contractors also uses structural engineered wood products and finger-jointed studs that contain adhesives.

Passing inspection: a new study examines the effects of wood additives and adhesives for recyclers

The finger-jointed lumber system utilizes scrap lumber, both dry and green, that is normally discarded and converts it into useful lumber for structural and nonstructural uses.

From fields to factories: new industrial uses for soybeans

The engineered-wood boards are made of kiln-dried, finger-jointed wood blocks harvested from even-aged timber stands to resist distortion.

In the details. (Reader's Choice)

Present wood recycling and reuse methods have developed over time using specific product needs for existing markets, such as finger-jointed lumber.

Framing the future: breakthrough technology for wood and wood composites; exciting breakthrough technologies offer builders huge benefits, but implementation time is critical

Huntsman Polyurethanes has introduced Linestar engineered lumber adhesive (ELA) systems to the engineered-wood industry for I-beams, finger-jointed lumber, and laminated veneer lumber (LVL).

Easy-Processing Adhesive for Engineered Lumber

The pair mated ICF foundations, open-web steel/engineered wood floor trusses, and SIP shell wall and ceiling panels; panelized interior partitions are finger-jointed engineered wood.

BUILDING BEYOND WOOD

Adden's solid beech Essex chairs feature double-doweled joinery, reinforced with finger-jointed, mechanically fastened corner blocks.