Manufacturers have been ripping hardwood lumber as part of converting random width hardwood lumber into usable parts for years. Whether it is with a simple table saw or using a more advanced gang rip saw, ripping lumber is a standard industry practice.
What might not be as common is replacing the ordering of random width hardwood lumber with specific hardwood lumber rips designed specifically for your company’s needs.
But that’s exactly what Baillie Lumber is offering. Industry grading rules alone, which have worked well for years, do not necessarily measure the true value of a board to all manufacturers today. Depending on what they are trying to produce, (cabinets, flooring, mouldings, furniture, etc.), the standard FAS/1F and Common grades leave manufacturers with limited options to control lumber costs.
Many times it is the placement of defects and the continuous lengths of clear fiber in a board, which can be found across many grade levels, that determines the overall board value.
So instead of purchasing random width lumber in the traditional grade categories, Baillie Lumber believes manufacturers can benefit from ordering exact widths with the required spacing and placement of defects that would suit their product needs.
In other words, have your supplier rip the boards to your specs to maximize the value of each board specifically for you.
Baillie Lumber offers a wide variety of hardwood lumber options including customer specific rip grades, which offer custom solution for a company’s specific manufacturing process.
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