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2007 Vermont WoodNet Survey Results

Wood Materials Usage

Beams?

Yes	7.8%
No	92.2%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Beams?

400 bd. ft.
we get some of our recycled flooring from old beams
Aprox. 1000--3000 BF Douglas Fir

Cants?

Yes	5.3%
No	94.7%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Cants?

30,000'

Chips?

Yes	2.6%
No	97.4%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Chips?

100 tractor trailer loads a year.

Dimension Stock?

Yes		39.0%
No		61.0%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Dimension Stock?

1,000,000'
1000 bd.ft.
500 bf
Less than 1000 bd. ft.
600,000 BF
5-6hundred lineal feet
50 BF
about 300 board feet
120 bf
500 Bd Ft
500-1000 bf random width 4/4
10,000 bft
4x8x8's 60
500 board feet
500 bf
500 BF
1000 bd ft
Total = 250 bd ft
200 board feet
7000 ft

Furniture Parts?

Yes	14.9%
No	85.1%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Furniture Parts?

200 Hinges, handles, slides
20,000 pieces
possibly 25 tunred parts/yr.
very few
2-5 thousand board feet
Just a wee bit
varries
I'm unsure what to include here
1 dozen

Glued Panels?

Yes	10.8%
No	89.2%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Glued Panels?

100 BF
as available/up to 10,000 BF
make my own
500 sq ft
500 bd ft

Green Lumber?

Yes	21.9%
No	78.1%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Green Lumber?

0--300BF
1,000,000'
5-6 hundredlineal feet
600,000 BF
100 bd ft
varies
minimal
We use a very small amount of local ash and maple for turned bowls.
300 bf
7000 ft
2,000 board feet
We turn what is given to us

Kiln Dried Lumber?

Yes		75.9%
No		24.1%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Kiln Dried Lumber?

2000 bd ft
624,000 bf a year.
30,000 bft
500 bf
100,000 bf
20,000--25,000 BF
misc. secondary wood ,under 500bf
500 board feet
60bf
24,000 bf
huh? same as #28?
1 to 2,000 Board Feet
1200 BF
minimal
small amount
7-1000 lineal feet
2-3000 ft
< 1000 board feet
1000 bd ft
800 bd .ft.
10,000 ft
500 BF
3000-4000 b.f./yr.
air dried mostly
30,000BF
500 bf
500 bf
2000 bd.ft.
2500 bd ft
50,000 board feet
30,000 bf
about 1.5 trees without smallbranches
see above
500bf/yr
1,500 b.f.
All diferent thicknesses and widths
<100 Bd Ft
400,000 bd ft
1,000 board feet
Not much. We leave most of the building up to Lyndon and our contracted artisans: http://www.vermontwoodsstudios.com/artists.html
8000 bd ft
20,000 bd.ft.
8000-10000 bf
20,000 board feet
10,000 board feet
50 bd/feet
24000 brd ft.
1000+bdft
unknown
200 board feet
500 bf

Millwork?

Yes		21.1%
No		78.9%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Millwork?

100 bd ft
20,000 bft
1000--3000BF
make my own
200 linear feet
500 lf
I plane and sand, see above for amt
molding and stair parts
1250 ft. length
200 linear ft

Engineered Panels?

Yes		6.7%
No		93.3%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Engineered Panels?

MDF, Part. bd. and melamine aprox. 300 sheets
5 panels

Plywood?

Yes	54.4%
No	45.6%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Plywood?

50 panels
30 sheets
4 x 8 sheets 10
1,000 sheets
500 sheets
500--700 sheets
as a base for our flooring displays
10-15 sheets
500 sq ft
500 square feet
400 bf
50 sheets (4' x 8')
30 sheets/yr
Very little 5-10 4 x 8 or 5 x 5 sheets
200 sq ft
minimal
3/4" - 20 4x8 panels 1/2" 5 panels 1/4" 10 panels
2-300 sq. ft.
< 10 sheets
20 lifts
150 pieces of 4x8 sheets
100 sq ft
640 sq.ft.
100 sheets
50 sheets
100 sheets/yr.
1-2 hundred
5,000 MSF in 4x8 oversize
3000 sf
100 4'x8' panels per year
10000
20
unknown
10 4x8 panels, mixed thicknesses - 1/4" to 3/4"
10 sheets baltic birch

Poles/Posts?

Yes	2.7%
No	97.3%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Poles/Posts?

Squares?

Yes		11.0%
No		89.0%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Squares?

100,000'
300,000 BF

Timbers?

Yes		6.8%
No		93.2%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Timbers?

100,000'
Minimal Greenwood

Turnings?

Yes	27.6%
No	72.4%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Turnings?

millions of pcs.
Logs-aprox 20 ft anually
occasional custom turning--small quantity
chair spindles ~ 500
30bf
make my own
Minimal Greenwood
4000 pieces
20 logs
5000
25/yr.
0-16
12 bowls
random

Veneer?

Yes	27.6%
No	72.4%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Veneer?

200 sq ft
3000
300--1000 sq. ft
10,000 MSF in 50
200 sq. ft.
100sf/yr
very little usually saw my own
5 sq ft
some
small amount
3000-4000 sq. ft./yr.
very small amt
0-400 sq. ft.
10 bd/ft
5000
100sqft
small amount in artistic projects
50 square feet mixed veneer

Other?

Yes	22.2%
No	77.8%

Annual Amt. Used (specify your unit of measurement as well) for Other?

A ton of scavanged wood.

a small amount of other

3,000,000' Kiln Dried Lumber

1-3 logs per year (i.e. - 12' long, 18" diameter)

Minimal Greenwood

imported 5-6 hundred lineal feet

logs 5000-20000 feet

logs, <5,000 Boardfeet (log scale)

Baltic Birch, a very small amount

reclaimed

3-5 cords logs & block wood

burls 750 lbs.

200 lin. ft. limb wood and slabs

a few bf of other
green burls and figured billets <1000 lbs
White Pine, a very small amount
slabs
found wood
Air dried lumber sales of 10,000 BF annually

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