FRENCH OAK
Oak Boules Grade Q-B 1
			- Logs sawn into un-edged boards and reassembled
 - "Fine Joinery-Cabinet Making" Grade (called "BME")
 
Product presentation
					
					
					
				- Oak logs from French mostly PEFC certified forests
 - Boules debarked and cleanly trimmed
 - Logs sawn into boards then reassembled into boules
 - Fresh timber, air dried in a warehouse to prevent checks or kiln dried
 - Stored on dry profiled wooden sticks to control stains
 - Boules strapped and identified with barcode label
 
Dimensions and quality
2,20 to 6 m
mainly 45 cm 
and over
18-22-27-30-35-41
45-50-54-65-80
100 mm
				- The accuracy of the sawing is checked on a daily basis with an overmeasure
 - Quality in compliance with European grading
 - Sound knots with a diameter between 5 and 25 mm, permitted where equivalent to one knot of less than 50 mm per virtual rectangle of 0.20 m x 2 m
 
Use
Pertinent grade for joinery, furniture due to clean lengths of over 2 m 
Measurement and grading carried out on green tally. Minimum volume: 5 m3 per thickness