Click here to access Purdue Campus Map. You should park in a parking garage near the Visitor Center (map abbreviation PGNW). Then walk to Forest Products Building (FPRD), located south of the State street. Call 765-494-3615 if you need more directions. Registration is on Monday, June 4th from 12-1 pm in FPRD, room 203.

INTRODUCTION

    Welcome to the Wood is Better 2001 summer course. We are glad to have you in this course and we hope that you will take home a lot of interesting memories as well as some good information. We have an exciting program prepared for you.

    In order to be prepared for the course, make sure that you read these articles before you arrive for your first lecture on campus. Any feedback on the quality or the presentation of these readings is appreciated.

Rado Gazo

MAY 29, 2001

• Mechanisms of Paint Failure

MAY 30, 2001

• Log and Tree Scaling Techniques
• Woodcutter's Corner

May 31, 2001

• Machine Usage in Manufacturing Value-Added Wood Products

• The Shrinking and Swelling of Wood and its Effect on Furnitures

TENTATIVE FIELD TRIP ITENERARY

6/6/00 Wednesday
7:00 am	Depart Purdue (from Forestry & Natural Resources Bldg.)
9:00 am	Arrive Edinburgh (David R. Webb)
11:00 am	Depart Edinburgh
1:30 pm	Arrive Starlight (Koetter Woodworking)
3:30 pm	Depart Starlight
5:30 pm	Arrive Jasper (Holiday Inn)
6:00-7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm	Depart Jasper
8:00 pm	Arrive Ferdinand (Aristokraft)
9:00 pm	Depart Ferdinand
9:30 pm	Arrive Jasper (Holiday Inn)
6/7/00 Thursday
7:30 am	Depart Jasper (Holiday Inn
7:35 am	Arrive Jasper (American Knife)
8:30 am	Depart Jasper
8:45 am	Arrive Jasper (Kimball)
10:15 pm	Depart Jasper
12:00 pm	Arrive Poland (Woody Barton)
1:45 pm	Depart Poland
2:30 pm	Arrive Carbon (Pike Lumber)
3:30 pm	Depart Carbon
5:00 pm	Arrive Purdue (Forestry & Natural Resources Bldg.)

Last updated May 23, 2001 by Rado Gazo

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