Wood Machining

In recent years, machining wood and wood products has acquired great importance due to a short supply of wood and increasing environmental awareness among users and manufacturers. This book details the optimization of the machining process around the mechanism and principles of deformation, crack initiation, and propagation of different types of wood. Other factors, such as humidity, temperature, static preloads, and vibrations that can affect the wood and wood products during machining process, are also taken into consideration.