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Home heating fuels : should I switch to firewood or wood pellets?
How do you know whether to switch from one home-heating source to another? This publication can help you decide by comparing the costs of available energy sources. Includes a step-by-step guide and a downloadable calculator to help you compare.Published June 2009. Revised November 2013. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogKeywords: home heating, wood pellets, firewood, woodstove, pellet stov
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Home heating fuels: should I switch to firewood or wood pellets?
With rising costs for natural gas, fuel oil, and electricity,more people are thinking of burning firewood or wood pellets to heat their homes. How do you know when it is time to switch from one heating source
to another? This publication can help you make that decision by comparing the costs of available energy sources.Published June 2009. A more recent revision exists. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalo
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Introduction to lean manufacturing
This publication introduces the reader to a process called lean manufacturing, sometimes called the Toyota Production System. The intended audience is manufacturers of forest products, although manufacturers of other types of products will also find this publication useful.Published October 2010. Reviewed September 2015. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogKeywords: value stream, forest products, Toyota Production System, lean manufacturin
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Common insect pests and diseases of shore pine on the Oregon coast
Shore pine is a subspecies of lodgepole pine that inhabits the coastal strip in Oregon. Insect pests, diseases, and nonbiological (abiotic) factors may have an impact on growth, visual appearance, and productivity of trees. In this publication, we review the general nature of shore pine in Oregon and the common nonbiological, insect pest, and disease problems that impact tree health.Published September 2010. Reviewed November 2014. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogKeywords: Oregon coast, diseases, Pinus contorta Douglas ex. Louden var. contorta, shore pine, insect pest
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Common insect pests and diseases of Sitka spruce on the Oregon coast
Publication examines the wide variety of insect pests, diseases and environmental conditions that can affect Sitka Spruce along the coastline of Oregon.Published January 2015. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogKeywords: Fungi, Sitka Spruce, Pests, Spruce, Disease
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Tarif access tables : a comprehensive set
Tarif numbers are essential for calculating the volume of standing timber on forest land. This publication includes comprehensive tarif numbers for six species of Oregon timber--Douglas-fir, grand fir, ponderosa pine, red alder, western hemlock, and western redcedar--and the corresponding tree volumes.Keywords: forest inventory, volume table, tarif access table, stand growth, stand volumePublished August 2007. Revised April 2013. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalo
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Measuring your trees
Procedures outlined in this publication show how to estimate standing volume and annual growth of individual timber stands that are relatively uniform in species, age, size, and density. Estimates of volume and growth are helpful in planning when to harvest or how much to remove in a thinning operation. These estimates can also assist with financial analysis and the tax implications involved in a timber harvest.Published April 2013. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogKeywords: stand growth, tarif access table, tarif system, volume table, forest inventory, stand volum
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Home heating fuels workbook : compare the cost of using firewood or wood pellets with other fuels for home heat
This workbook is an Excel spreadsheet that allows homeowners to compare the cost of using firewood or wood pellets with other fuels for heating their home.Published November 2013. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalogKeywords: wood pellets, woodstoves, home heating, home heating fuels, firewoo
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Wood and moisture relationships
Explains relationship of wood and moisture.Reviewed November 2014. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalo
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Statistical process control Part 1: An Introduction
The objective of this series is to help improve the competitiveness of
Oregon’s wood products manufacturers. This can be achieved by fostering a companywide focus on and dedication to continuous quality improvement.
W. Edwards Deming (1982) described the “chain reaction of quality.”
1. Quality is improved.
2. Costs decrease due to more efficient use of machines and materials
and less scrap, rework, errors, and downtime.
3. Productivity increases as a result of cost decreases.
4. The company can capture the market with better quality and
a lower price.
5. Competitive position improves, and the company stays in business.
6. Jobs are retained, and jobs are added as the company grows.Published June 1999. Reviewed December 2013. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalo