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Camber: Wednesday's Word Of The Week
The term Camber refers to a small amount of curvature intentionally manufactured in beams. This small, positive curvature is based on the amount of initial deflection expected when the beam is...
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Look At All Of That Rough-Sawn #Glulam #Timber
A new student center is rising at a camp in the Adirondacks, made using rough-sawn glulam. We blogged in April about the beams in our plant, but now you can see them being installed.More of our glulam...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It- Martin Puryear: "Big Bling" | ART21 "Exclusive"
We wanted to share this great episode of ART21"Exclusive" that follows Martin Puryear's "Big Bling" from fabrication in our plant through unveiling at Madison Square Park in New York City. This project...
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Lewis Bolt: Wednesday's Word Of The Week
A Lewis Bolt (more specifically, the Lewis Evertite System) is a specialized piece of hardware used in bridge construction. Solid glulam panels (basically large beams laid on their side) make an...
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#Glulam Perspectives: It's Important To Use An AITC Inspected Manufacturer
Note: Glulam Perspectives is a quarterly series on Unalam's Wood Times blog. In each article we will take an in-depth look at a project or issue facing the timber industry from our unique standpoint as...
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Proof Loading: Wednesday's Word Of The Week
Proof loading refers to inline testing done to the finger joints of critical tension plies. Tension plies (typically the bottom 5% of beams) are the most highly stressed zone in glulam, so the finger...
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This Just In: "Unalam Blings Manhattan"
This week's Southern Tier Business Journal features Big Bling on the cover!We're really happy with all of the news coverage this sculpture has been getting - locally, regionally, and nationally. If...
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Ends, Faces, and Sides: Wednesday's Word(s) Of The Week
Glulam members can have three distinct types of exposed surfaces and it can be useful to refer to them as Ends, Faces, and Sides. Member ends are typically the smallest surfaces, where a member is cut...
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Face Ply: Wednesday's Word(s) of the Week
Last week, we made the distinction between sides and faces of glulam members. When a member face will be exposed to view in the finished structure of an Architectural or Premium appearance grade...
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Glulam Boat Port In 1000 Islands
Jonathan Taylor of Taylored Architecture sent us some photos of a beautiful new boat port in Chippewa Bay, NY. We manufactured the glulam that they designed for the building. You can read more about...
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Springback: Wednesday's Word Of The Week
One of the many great possibilities glulam offers, and something we frequently do here at Unalam, is to produce curved shapes. One of the technical hurdles involved in producing curved shapes of any...
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Leaves Of Grass Sculpture by Markus Holtby - With Glulam
We've had another chance to make glulam for a sculpture! This time, it was for Leaves of Grass by sculptor Markus Holtby. The sculpture is in Riverside Park South in NYC and will be on display there...
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Plugs: Wednesday's Word Of The Week
Plugs are pieces of wood used to aesthetically repair the wood surface. There are two general categories of plugs used in glulam construction.The first are shop installed plugs. These are used to...
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Dealing With Loose Knots: Wednesday's Word Of The Week
The lumber used in glulam and other wood products is cut from the trunks of trees. Being a natural product, there are many unique characteristics which can affect its strength and appearance, both...
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Wane: Wednesday's Word Of The Week
You may not be able to fit a square peg in a round hole… but in the lumber industry, mills are constantly cutting rectangular lumber out of round trees. Sometimes pieces of lumber are cut from too...
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Glulam Beam With "Teeth"
This beam caught our attention at the plant. It's unusual to see a beam with so many notches cut out at the top. This is a roof beam at the end of a large building and there are purlins that will sit...
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Low Ply: Wednesday's Word(s) Of The Week
Surfacing glulamA Low Ply is a spot on the side of a glulam member that does not get surfaced when the rest of the member is planed to size. For example, when we are making a 5" wide finished beam, we...
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Glulam Right Next Door: Sidney Veterans Memorial
You might remember the squiggly glulam beams we blogged about nearly a year ago. These went into the roof of a new Veterans Memorial that is right around the corner from our manufacturing plant.With...
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Heavy Timber: Wednesday's Word(s) Of The Week
Building codes recognize five general Types of Construction, each with different restrictions on what types of materials can be used to build the structure as well as interior and exterior walls. They...
View ArticleVIDEO: All About Unalam - Part I
Here's our latest video. In this first of five upcoming episodes, we introduce Unalam and talk a bit more about making glulam. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and stay tuned for more episodes, coming...
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