Straight-sawn shake and method and apparatus for the fabrication of same
AssigneeIntertek Testing Services NA Ltd.
InventorLarry Badke
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Abstract
A straight-sawn shake (10) for roof and wall cladding is described. The shake (10) is comprised of a flat wooden board piece (11) of substantially predetermined thickness throughout. The wooden board piece (11) has opposed flat, substantially parallel, sawn surfaces (12,12') and parallel straight side sawn edges (13,13') and at least a straight sawn transverse rear end edge (14). The front end edge (14') may be a straight end edge or may have a decorative design. The board piece (11) is cut from a raw log piece (32) of predetermined length in block form (31). The method of fabricating the straight-sawn shake (10) and the apparatus (25) is also described.
Claims13
A straight-sawn shake for roof and wall cladding of building structures, said shake being produced by sawing individual shake pieces from poor grade logs which will not split uniformly due to imperfections and knots therein, said shake being comprised of a flat wooden individual board piece having opposed flat substantially parallel smooth sawn surfaces free of wood grain roughness and sawn flat parallel straight side edges and straight flat sawn end edges, said board piece being cut from a raw log piece of predetermined length in block form, said board piece being of random width.
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