careful and economic use. Boards were carefully matched and fitted; blemishes were removed and filled. Practices begun many centuries ago are still carried over, with refinement, to the current use of wood for high quality applications. read more
A plank is timber that is flat, elongated, and rectangular with parallel faces that are higher and longer than wide. Used primarily in carpentry, planks are critical in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, and many other structures. read more
Converting the timber into usable lumber was an arduous process; the introduction of the circular saw was decades away, and the predominant method available to create dimensional boards was to pit-saw the logs into planks. read more