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Wood can be cut to size on site and composed together with nails and screws. Steel can be welded. I wonder what one does with "Superwood"...
by liampulles 1y ago
Wood can be cut to size on site and composed together with nails and screws. Steel can be welded. I wonder what one does with "Superwood"...
- senectus1 1y agoyou make pretty structural beams >Ultimately, InventWood is planning to use wood chips to create structural beams of any dimension that won’t need finishing. “Imagine your I-beams look like this,” Lau said, holding up a sample of Superwood. “They’re beautiful, like walnut, ipe. These are the natural colors. We haven’t stained any of this.”
- gwbas1c 1y agoCut it before it's treated? At least for residential, wood-framed houses, the framing material is delivered pre-cut. Even roofing beams are pre-assembled and delivered in triangles to the construction site. I'm sure someone can figure out a program that takes a CAD design and plans all the cuts.