Friday, February 07, 2025
Lumber inspectors publish new edition of grading rules book
Woodworking Network: Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau (PLIB) has published a new 2024 edition of its grading rules book, WCLB Standard Grading Rules for West Coast & Imported Softwood Lumber, No. 18, 2024. The new rule book replaces the 2022 version and includes many updates and improvements from the previous edition.
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It's interesting that there is a book for grading imported lumber. I wonder if this has anything to do with some certain new laws regarding imports... possibly some tariffs? Maybe it is totally unrelated. Anyways, I wonder how this group was formed. Usually, groups in charge of things like this are formed because of some accident or something in the past that wetn wrong. I wonder what happened to cause the formation of a group of specialists who determine what standards lumber imported needs to be held to. I also wonder how you get on this board, not that I would want to, but I am curious what kind of training or regulations you have to go through in order to get on a team like this. How do they conduct inspections on a giant barge of lumber that is all strapped together? Do they inspect the lumber piece by piece, or not at all and just send it out to buyers and if there is a complaint, the lumber company gets fined? I bet that system could be abused.
I didn’t know that the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau was a thing, but I am glad that it exists. I also didn’t know about the American Lumber Standards Committee. It is a great thing that standards for lumber are consistently being updated. I took a look at the different interpretations of the rules and found it interesting how such straightforward standards can be warped, so to speak. I think it is wonderful that they have added graphics to help with reader accessibility. Given these improvements, I find it deplorable that the Trump administration has gone out of its way to make things harder for domestic lumber workers, shop owners, etc. The threat of 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico is looming, not just for lumber, but for metals and other imported goods as well. Given the expedited rate at which the federal government has been working, I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes into effect hauntingly soon.
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