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1 Alaska Northern Forest Cooperative Hardwood Management Fall Symposium Overview of Marketing, Testing and Milling of Alaska Birch Lumber Dave Nicholls Wasilla, AK October 12, 2006 USDA Forest Service Pacific NW Research Station Sitka Wood Utilization Center

2 Outline I. II. III. IV. Introduction / Background Marketing secondary wood products from birch Testing Alaska birch lumber Milling birch lumber

3 The Birch Resource in AK Approx. 2.5 billion board feet inventory (Wheeler,E.E.) Approx. 100 million cubic ft. in south-central Alaska (Campbell et al. 2005) Birch Lumber Production in AK Less than 1 million board feet per year (estimate)

4 Birch Marketing Character-marked cabinets from Alaska birch data collected in Spring 2002 at Home Shows * Anchorage, AK * Fairbanks, AK * Sitka, AK

5 Consumer Preferences for Kitchen Cabinets from Alaska Birch Group 1- different types of character clear ray fleck spalted grain variation

6 Consumer Preferences for Kitchen Cabinets from Alaska Birch Group 2- different levels of character low mid-low mid-high high

7 Consumer Preferences for Kitchen Cabinets from Alaska Birch Demographic information collected for: age income level gender primary decision maker

8 Consumer Preferences for Kitchen Cabinets from Alaska Birch Preferences for cabinet group I (character types) % of time selected as favorite within group D 42% A 31% C 19% 8% B A (clear) B (ray fleck) C (spalted) D (grain variation)

9 Consumer Preferences for Kitchen Cabinets from Alaska Birch Preferences for cabinet group II (levels of character) % of time selected as favorite within group H 32% E 40% G 15% E (low character) G (mid-high character) F 13% F (mid-low character) H (high character)

10 Kitchen cabinets from Alaska birch

11 Consumer Preferences for Kitchen Cabinets from Red Alder Primary information source for purchasing kitchen cabinets from select hardwoods, including red alder internet 6% word-of-mouth 14% magazines 16% store sales staff 48% trade shows 16%

12 Alaska birch retail products (North Pole, AK)

13 birch bowl- retail product (Ketchikan, AK)

14 Alaskan birch lumber- retail sale (Fairbanks, AK)

15 Alaska birch lumber- retail sale (Fairbanks, AK)

16 Alaska birch marketing- roadside sign (Fairbanks, AK)

17 Alaska birch retail display (Ketchikan, AK)

18 birch coaster- laser engraving

19 birch bowl (photo)- laser engraving

20 Birch testing Project partners: University of Alaska-Fairbanks Ketchikan Wood Technology Center General project areas: basic properties testing lumber grade recovery wood chemistry For more information: Val Barber

21 Birch milling lumber drying sawmilling moulding

22 Kiln-dried, stacked birch lumber

23 Lumber drying short course (Wasilla, AK)

24 Lumber drying short course (Wasilla, AK)

25 Dry kiln chamber (Wasilla, AK)

26 Dry kiln chamber (North Pole, AK)

27 Birch log deck (heartrot apparent on some logs) 1/2 to 1/3 of diameter (depends on log quality)

28 Birch logs (Fairbanks, AK) bark pockets spalted regions natural stain

29 Birch log deck- North Pole, AK

30 Alaska birch- log quality (knots)

31 Alaska birch- log quality (knots)

32 Alaska birch- log quality (end checks)

33 birch turning block Alaska birch bowl turning (Fairbanks, AK)

34 Alaska birch- roundwood residues (Fairbanks, AK)

35 Alaska birch- roundwood residues (Fairbanks, AK)

36 stacked birch lumber (Fairbanks, AK)

37 edging sawblades Portable edger (Fairbanks, AK)

38 blade Edging lumber with a portable bandsaw

39 multiple blade saw (single pass)

40 sawblade fixed, log moves circular saw circular saw headrig and carriage

41 log is fixed, sawblade moves circular saw (Mobile Dimension)

42 sawcut- Mobile Dimension circular saw

43 portable bandsaw-side view (North Pole, AK)

44 Portable bandsaw (North Pole, AK)

45 sawblade portable bandsaw (North Pole, AK)

46 portable bandsaw mill

47 sawblade portable bandsaw mill

48 production moulder (Anchorage, AK)

49 edger blades production moulder (Anchorage, AK)

50 cutting patterns for moulder (Anchorage, AK)

51 profiled birch

52 profiled birch

53 birch profiled lumber (tongue-and groove)

54 profiled lumber (tongue-and groove) spruce

55 Alaska birch- panelling

56 Birch grove Fairbanks, Alaska

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