Alder

Superior 1 Face

Clear Appearance
Clear Cutting Boards
One-Face cutting (CF1)

Superior 1 Face grade is an excellent product and is ideal for maximum size panel production, fine cabinetry, furniture, and moldings that require clear 1 face.

Superior 1 Face boards maximize clear 1 face cuttings. The back is graded as structurally sound. We remove the narrow boards from the grade for inclusion in other proprietary grades.

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Widths, Lengths & Cuttings

Width Specs: 
4.5 inches (114.30 mm) minimum, admitting 5 percent (by volume) narrows.
Length Specs: 
72 inches (182.88 cm) minimum.
Cutting Specs: 
3 inches (76.20 mm) by 72 inches (182.88 cm) or 4 inches (101.60 mm) by 36 inches (91.44 cm). No Limit to the number of cuttings allowed.

Grade Notes

This grade admits all boards of 24 inches (60.96 cm) and over surface measure yielding not less than 83.33 percent clear 1 face cuttings.

WANE is limited to 8.33 percent the surface measure of the board on the face.

The aggregate inches of PITH length will not exceed 2 times the surface feet of the board.

The aggregate inches of SPLIT length will not exceed 2 times the surface feet of the board. Splits diverging more than 1inch (25.40mm) per 12 inches (30.48cm) in length, are not admitted, except when 12 inches (30.48 cm) or shorter and within one lineal foot from the end of the board, leaving at least 50 percent clear wood and not less than 25 percent sound wood in aggregate.

SIDE BEND is limited to 5/8 inches (15.88 mm).

PIN KNOTS are not considered defect.