THE BASIC DEFECTS AND THEIR ACCOUNT IN VARIOUS KINDS OF WOOD PRODUCTS

The basic defects and their account in various kinds of wood products
# The name of defect The defect which is taken into account
in round timber in sawn timber in veneer sheet
1. Knots + + +
uncovered knot + -- --
- round -- + +
- oval -- + +
- spike -- + +
- face -- + --
- edge -- + --
- arris -- + --
- end -- + --
- stitching -- + --
- single (scattered) -- + --
- group -- + --
- branched -- + --
- intergrown -- + +
- partially intergrown -- + +
- unintergrown (dead or dry) -- + +
- loose -- + +
- sound + + +
--- light -- + +
--- dark -- + +
--- with cracks -- + +
- decayed + + +
- unsound + + +
- tobacco + + +
- one-sided -- + --
- traversing (through) -- + --
overgrown knot + -- --
2. Fissures      
- heart shake + + --
--- simple + + --
--- star shake + + --
- ring shake + + --
- frost crack + + --
- check + + --
- crack + + --
--- face crack -- + --
--- edge crack -- + --
- end shake + + --
- not traversing + + --
---surface check + + --
---deep + + --
- traversing -- + --
- close -- -- +
- dispersed -- -- +
3. Defects of the form of a trunk      
fall-off + + * --
 butting + + * --
- round + -- --
- ribbed + -- --
ovality + -- --
woodknod + + * --
sweep + + * --
- simple + + * --
- multiple + + --
4. Defects of a structure of wood      
inclination of fibres + + +
- tangential -- + +
- radial -- + +
compression wood* + + +
- local + + +
- continuous + + +
tension wood ** -- + +
curly grain -- + +
- wavy -- + +
- tangled -- + +
tendril -- + +
- unilateral -- + --
- traversing -- + --
eyelets -- + +
- scattered -- + +
- group -- + +
- light -- -- +
- dark -- -- +
 pitch-pocket      
- unilateral -- + --
- traversing -- + --
pith -- + --
double pith + + --
eccentric pith + -- --
stub + + +
scar + + * --
bark pocket + + +
- open + + +
---unilateral -- + --
---traversing -- + --
- closed + + --
- intergrown -- -- +
- light -- -- +
- dark -- -- +
canker + + * --
- open + -- --
- closed + -- --
resine streak + + +
false core ** -- + +
mottle  -- + +
- tangential -- + +
- radial -- + +
- vein -- + +
---scattered -- -- +
---group -- -- +
---traces from veins -- -- +
included sapwood + + +
water-layer + + --
5. Chemical stain -- + +
- spent tan -- + +
- yellowness* -- + +
- light -- -- +
- dark -- -- +
6. Fungus defeats      
fungus nucleus stains + + +
mould -- + +
sapwood fungus colourings + + +
- blue stain + + +
- color sapwood  stains + + +
- light -- + +
- dark -- + +
- surface + + --
- deep + + --
- sublayer + + --
brown streak ** + + +
- face + -- --
- lateral + -- --
 rot + + +
- mottley sieve + + --
- brown cracked + + --
- white ** + + --
- sapwood + + +
---firm + + +
---soft + + +
- heartwood + + +
- external mouldering + -- --
 hollow heart + + +
7. Biological deteriorations      
wormhole + + +
- superficial + + * --
- not deep + + --
- deep + + --
---large + + +
---not large + + +
- traversing -- + +
deterioration of wood by parasitic plants      
- superficial -- + --
- deep -- + --
 by bird pecks + -- --
8. Foreign bodies, mechanical dama ges and defects of processing      
foreign bodies + + --
carbonification + + --
barking + -- --
tapping cut + + * --
butt trimming  + + --
wane -- + --
- blunt -- + --
- sharp -- + --
закорина -- -- +
tooth marks -- + +
snaking -- + --
hairiness -- + +
torn grain -- + +
fringe -- + --
notch + + --
sawcut + + --
detachment + + --
chip + + --
flag + + --
agnail -- + --
shear + + +
teases -- + --
dent -- + --
dint -- + +
fragmentary butt-end -- + --
ripples of veneer sheet -- -- +
pinhole -- + +
scratch -- + +
snatch -- + --
not milling -- + --
comb -- + +
polishing -- + --
shortage of polishing -- + --
burn -- + --
9. Warp -- + +
 bow -- + --
- simple -- + --
- compound -- + --
 spring -- + --
 cup -- + --
 twist -- + --

Notes:

+    - means, that defect is taken into account;
+ *  - means, that defect meets only in softwoods;
+ ** - means, that defect meets only in hardwoods.

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