ROUGH CUT

Fallen trees for which permits are in place are purchased from property owners.  The trunks are first milled in the forest using portable mills and chain saws.  Wood blocks are cut into blocks of specified measure and removed from the forest through the use of oxen to the point that a backhoe can be used to load trucks to transport to a mill.

FINAL MILLING

Boards are cut to the measure desired by band saws in specified lengths at the mill.

PLANING

The rough boards are planed to remove all saw marks and prepared for delivery

TONGUE AND GROOVE

For siding or flooring, tongue-and-groove wood machining is provided as desired

NATIVE WOOD MEASURE

Costa Rican wood measure uses two measures unique to the region.  The vara is a measure of length equivalent to 83 cm.  Standard wood lengths that are typically cut are multiples of varas, usually 4 varas but ranging from 2-6 depending on the application and building requirement.  The actual volumetric wood measure that is used to price and sell wood is the "pulgada," which is equal to a prism of wood one inch wide by one inch thick by 4 varas in length.  For reference conversion factors are presented below to enable conversion between pulgadas and boardfeet and cubic meters for reference.

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