Klotzware

English translation: [wood] block parts

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German term or phrase:Klotzware
English translation:[wood] block parts
Entered by: Moshe Devere

16:57 May 20, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / Austria, lumber, timber, sawmills, wood
German term or phrase: Klotzware
Sorry, there's no more context than this (from a marketing text for a big Austrian sawmill):

Laubholzprodukte:

Eichen Klotzware, auch Kastenpakete, Treppenware bzw. Zwecksortierungen
William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 11:09
Oak block parts
Explanation:
There is an entire industry where the factory processes the raw lumber ito semi-finished products to be finished usually in a furniture factory. The amounts shipped (in the USA) are by [railroad]carload!
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Moshe Devere
Israel
Local time: 20:09
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4 +1raw lumber
Kim Metzger
5Oak block parts
Moshe Devere


  

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raw lumber


Explanation:
A Klotzbrett is an unedged board. They are also referred to as flitches. This is the form the lumber has before being milled where the edges are trimmed, etc.


    Dictionary of Wood Science and Technology
Kim Metzger
Mexico
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Oak block parts


Explanation:
There is an entire industry where the factory processes the raw lumber ito semi-finished products to be finished usually in a furniture factory. The amounts shipped (in the USA) are by [railroad]carload!


    Cabinetmaking and Millwork
Moshe Devere
Israel
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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