. Canadian wood products industries. Fig. 2—Boxes with diagonal braces are stronger than those withcross slats as shown in Fig. 4 are losing money, the only possible exception beingwhere a plant produces large quantities of one pro-duct and buys its crating lumber cut to size, hut evenin such a case it is usually advisable to use a type ofcontainer other than a wooden crate, such as, for ex-ample, a wirebound box or crate, or a veneer panelbox, or a strawboard or nbreboard box, the one to beused obviously depending on the article beingshipped. Most furniture manufacturers purchase lumberfrom a
. Canadian wood products industries. Fig. 2—Boxes with diagonal braces are stronger than those withcross slats as shown in Fig. 4 are losing money, the only possible exception beingwhere a plant produces large quantities of one pro-duct and buys its crating lumber cut to size, hut evenin such a case it is usually advisable to use a type ofcontainer other than a wooden crate, such as, for ex-ample, a wirebound box or crate, or a veneer panelbox, or a strawboard or nbreboard box, the one to beused obviously depending on the article beingshipped. Most furniture manufacturers purchase lumberfrom a source some distance from their plant and as. Fig. 3—A machine for the testing of boxes a general rule the freight charges on the lumber ex-ceed the actual cost of the lumber. Kor this reason,a 30% increase in the cost of the lumber at thesource will usually make not more than a 15% in-crease at the furniture manufacturers plant. The30% increase at the source is ample to cover the dif- 54 Canadian Woodworker and Furniture Manufacturer ference in cost between a poor grade of crating lum-ber and a good grade and the question then resolvesitself into whether it is advisable and economical forthe shipper to buy a good crating lumber and pay anincrease of 15%, at his plant, over the cost of a poorcrating lumber. The answer is usually yes, for the 3oo t,5>o CoJvesJ +L i° ?Loop o / Or-oVe. Paws,rMWreoV con&\ruc\ on u / ISO f \-z- ?y- ;\a\V 5\a\o -Ho Vjracc k 1-0 / \oLJ/ / /°/ A> kt> 0J- ° 0 / \ X K v & i on e>\ C raSe. Pcin ioc 5 / ices onVies */ ara3/ ve
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