Technique for converting balsa logs into panels

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A high yield technique for converting round logs of balsa or other species of wood of relatively small diameter into large rectangular panels, the percentage of log volume that is converted being substantially greater than with prior techniques. The logs are radially sectioned into sectors having the same apex angle. Each sector is then longitudinally cut at its apex and arc to define a truncated feedstock piece whose cross-section is that of an isosceles trapezoid, the feedstock pieces being of variable width depending on the diameters of the logs from which they are derived. The pieces are fitted together in a complementary manner to create uniform layers which are superposed to form a …