Softwood Lumber Grading workshop

The New England Lumber Manufacturers Association will hold a Softwood Lumber Grading workshop at the UNH Sawmill in Durham, NH on October 20^th from 8 am to 4 pm.

NELMA’s Standard Grading Rules for northeast timber provides the details of allowable characteristics within each grade. Director of Inspection Services, Matt Pomeroy will provide the expertise for the workshop that will include classroom instructions in addition to hands-on review of the grades with examples of finished lumber.

Workshop attendees will learn the basics of evaluating the major characteristics important to grading structural lumber such as measuring knots for cross section displacement, shakes, splits, and slope of grain in this exercise. The grades of Select Structural, No.1, No.2 and Stud will be the focus.

Workshop Fee: $100 members; $125 non-members. Minimum Class Size: 10; Maximum: 20

Please note that completing this workshop does not qualify an individual as a certified grader.

To register for this workshop, go to NHTOA | Kindful