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5th Anniversary Special! Xylology (LUMBER) with Jeff Perry

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Two by Fours - Why Is Wood Harder Than Other Plants?

Two by fours came about, I believe because of industry, a switch to stick framing. The wood is essentially, you got cellulose, hemicellulose and then there's lignin. And the lignin is what is like the tie between cells. It's like an inner cell, cellular like binder. For all the the woodness.

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