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Log & Timber Homes Council Log Grading Program

by robpickett | Feb 1, 2015 | Visual Stress Grading of Logs

The Log Homes Council retained Steven Winter Associates in the late 1970’s to establish a standard for the visual stress grading of non-rectangular timbers used in log construction. The result was ASTM D3957. With that the standard and accreditation by the National...

Heart of the Matter

by robpickett | Jul 1, 2008 | Visual Stress Grading of Logs

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