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This guide
was created to provide basic technical information on Western lumber
products produced by
WWPA Member companies. While every effort has been made to ensure
the accuracy of the Western lumber information included in this Online
Technical Guide, WWPA accepts no responsibility for errors and/or
omissions in the information presented herein, or for errors which may
occur in downloading and printing any of the files, nor any liability
resulting from the use of this information for design and construction
applications.
The WWPA Online Technical Guide is
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Information for the WWPA Online Lumber Technical Guide is drawn from the
Association's technical publications, including Western Lumber Grading
Rules, Western Lumber Product Use Manual and Western Woods Use Book.
These and other publications are available for purchase from WWPA.
For a full description of publications
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The
WWPA Online Technical Guide includes the following sections:
Grades
& Quality Control
Species
& End Uses
Lumber
Specifying
Design
Values
Properties
Spans
Shrinkage
Design
Software
MSR
Lumber
Structural-Glued
(Finger-Jointed) Lumber
Standard
Patterns
Technical
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