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October,
2007
Peterson Project: Building a Garden Bench . . .
This months Peterson Project is building a garden bench for those lovely summer days. It's a great affordable
way to freshen up your backyard. This bench should take around a day to build, and it is recommended that you have a intermediate knowledge of
building before commencing.
Click
here to get full plans on how to build your garden bench.
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Article: How Wood Dries . . .
There are three environmental variables that control the rate and quality of drying.
They are:
* Temperature
* Relative humidity (RH), sometimes expressed as wet-bulb depression or
Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC)
* Velocity of the air flowing past the lumber
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Photo of the Month . .
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Rimu is one of New
Zealand's most prized timbers, and this month's photo shows you why. Our new
business card holders are made of this valuable wood and this month we are
giving three holders away. Find out how you
can get one . .
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Miller Profile . . .
This month we have a Miller Profile from Jeff Sincell who lives in West Virginia, USA. Jeff and his mate(s) go
out milling once a week, so they really know their mill inside out. Read Jeff's Miller Profile.
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Site of the Month . . .
Since its conception in
1888, the non-profit National Geographic society financially backed by Alexander
Graham Bell, released a magazine which came into monthly publication in 1896.
We've seen the covers in our bookstores; beautiful, original and real they are
some of the first to catch our eye. Now National Geographic has an amazingly
in-depth and interactive website to grip our imagination on screen. View
amazing photographs, read up-to-date global news and listen to music from all
around the world here at the National Geographic Society's
official
website.
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And in other news . . .
* We have a new detailed double cutting video so you can see how easy it is to cut wide
slabs with a Peterson mill. View them online in
our Video Gallery.
* We now have live helper on our website for when you have a quick question - about prices, mill specifications anything! We are
online most of the time but if were not, just leave us message and well get back to you.
* This month's game requires a
little loading to make it work, but we assure you it's worth it. Using your
mouse, try to beat a Par 50 in this 18 hole mini-putt golf game, watch out for
hole 9, it's a tricky one! Have a game of
mini-putt golf now!
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