In this presentation you can see the different steps of processing wood.

1. Cutting and pruning
Removing
the bark
Transport
Sawing
Drying
Planing
HOW TO PROCESS WOOD
We can extract wood from a tree that is not too young or
too old. The right age of cut depends on the species.
To extract wood we follow these steps:
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2. The tools to cut trees used to be the AXE and the HAND
SAW.
Step 1: CUTTING AND PRUNING.
The trees are cut in the winter, because they have less sap.
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The tools used today are the CHAINSAW and big machines
that cut the trunk quickly.

3. Today the trunks are transported by big lorries.
From the beginning the trunks were
transported by the rivers flow, or
animals.
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4. Step 3: REMOVING THE BARK
This happens at the sawmill. A chain of rollers with
metal teeth turns and removes the bark
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5. Step 4: SAWING
The tools to cut the wood are:
•traditionally circular saws, and
•today big electrical machines.
The trunks go to the sawmill. Here the
worker marks the lines to cut the
wood. This woodcutter makes planks,
boards, beams, etc.
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6. Step 5: DRYING THE WOOD
The wood is dried so that it doesn’t
wrap.
Dry wood lasts longer and is lighter.
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7. Step 6: PLANING
The wood is planed to make tho wood smooth and
evenly flat and give it a good finish
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