Sentences with phrase «than cutting wood»

Not exact matches

Rutan eventually discovered a cheap way to hand - build exterior components out of «composite» materials — essentially strips of glue - soaked fiberglass over cut foam — that proved stronger and lighter than wood or aluminum and easier to craft into complex shapes.

Often seen bucking the ocean with a basic propane grill (safer and more userfriendly than wood or charcoal in cramped spaces) lashed to their boats, these hard - working men and women are quick to serve up stories of salmon barbecue, with hefty sides of philosophy on the choicest species of fish, the best cut, the perfect marinade or sauce, and trademark techniques.

But then, the next day rolls around and the kids are more than happy to ride into the woods on the trailer of the tractor while we haul more firewood up to be cut and stacked, and before we know it, a whole morning has gone by and so much has been done.

A tool exploited for its own sake is no better than a saw given to a small boy for cutting wood, who must presently look around the house for suitable objects of furniture inviting amputation...».

While wood bows can be prettier, the nylon rise in this bow cuts more than a pound off of the weight.

Gillette recently tested a plastic vial that emits green - leaf chemicals that smell like fresh - cut grass; it convinces beetles they are in an undesirable meadow rather than a heavily wooded forest.

To manufacture a chair, for example, rather than sourcing wood and fabricating it into chairs in a central factory, digital plans for cutting the parts of a chair can be distributed to local manufacturing hubs using computerized cutting tools known as CNC routers.

Next up, cut a piece of kraft paper a little bit smaller than your wood and glue it on.

Once the wood is cut to size it's not much harder than putting together a piece of IKEA furniture.

Ironically, I had just purchased this cut wood shape from Hobby Lobby for 50 % (less than $ 10!)

Hearing this, Andre had a revelation about his own practice, realising that: «the wood was better before I cut it than after.

He later said of this sculpture: «the wood was better before I cut it than after.

WASHINGTON, DC (17 February 2015)-- More than 30 percent of wood used by Indonesia's industrial forest sector1 stems from the unreported clear - cutting of natural forests and other illegal sources instead of legal tree plantations and well - managed logging concessions, 2 according to a new study analyzing Indonesian Ministry of Forestry and timber industry data to assess the sustainability of the country's booming pulp and paper industry.

Two of these new products, recently featured at the Mass Timber Conference in Portland, Oregon, lie at opposite ends of a spectrum: StructureCraft's Dowel Laminated Timber panel, which cuts out nearly all glues and resins, and Freres Lumber's Mass Plywood Panel, which utilizes wood veneers instead of whole lumber and relies on much more resin than typical CLT.

Editor's Note: For the report and supplementary materials, please go to https://www.forest-trends.org/publications/government-industry-data-suggest-30-percent-wood-used-indonesias-industrial-forest-sector-comes-unreported-illegal-sources/ WASHINGTON, DC (17 February 2015)-- More than 30 percent of wood used by Indonesia's industrial forest sector1 stems from the unreported clear - cutting of natural forests and other illegal sources instead of legal tree plantations and well - managed logging concessions, 2 according to a new study analyzing -LSB-...]

Hemp has a higher cellulose level than wood, advocates argue, and therefore the plant could be used for paper to avoid cutting down trees.

But Brack insists that, even accepting Drax's premise, wood cut for construction or making furniture will keep its carbon out of the atmosphere for much longer than wood cut to burn in a power station.

Burning wood may be close to carbon neutral in some situations, such as where it is clear that cut trees are replaced with the same trees, one for one; but in others it can emit even more carbon than coal.

Finally, test reports have shown Duraflame and Java Logs to burn cleaner than cut cord wood, with substantially lower emissions of numerous air pollutants, such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, benzene, dioxin, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Otherwise I wonder how much more efficient it really is than using conventional wood framing; there is a lot of complicated cutting out of the sheet of plywood and a fair amount of waste material here.

Typically defined as recycled wood — perhaps from an old barn or factory — reclaimed wood has gained fans because of its aged, imperfect patina and sustainability; you're reusing something rather than cutting down more trees.

To keep them in place, use plastic pull ties rather than wire, which can cut into wood and scratch painted surfaces.

From your description, it sounds like your wood counters didn't take much more care than my laminate counters do (no cutting, no hot foods, etc.) My dream counter top material is soapstone, but if I ever remodel or build a kitchen, we'd probably go with concrete.

Next up, cut a piece of kraft paper a little bit smaller than your wood and glue it on.

Thanks to the guys at Home Depot that will cut wood to your specs, it went easier than we expected.

I made the headboard shown at left from wood cut in a fancy shape, but you can do a square, or use some material other than wood.

The cross cut of the wood grain is more porous and so it would likely absorb water more easily than the lengthwise cut following the grain of the wood on top of the counter.

This means that the amount of wood that is cut down is significantly less than the amount of trees that are grown, preventing deforestation and reducing carbon emissions from processing.

So much easier than cutting something out of wood.

More controllable and easier to use than a standard knife, secateurs are good for pruning, cutting wood and taking cuttings.