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In January, 1962, the equipement for manufacturing finger-joints for structural glued laminated products was installed at the Weyerhaeuser Company laminating plant at Cottage Grove, Ore. A few months later the finger-jcint was certified by the American Institute of Timber Construction (AITC) Inspection Bureau as meeting the requirements of the then proposed Commercial Standard CS 253 (11) to become the first engineered use of finger-joints in structural glued laminated products on the North American continent. After more than six years’ experience in structural applications, it now (1968) seems appropriate to review finger-joint performance and to determine whether the criterion for qualification and use of finger-joints (as well as all end-joints) as set forth in Commercial Standard CS 253–63 is adequate.
Presented at the May 8–12, 1967, ASCE Structural Engineering Conference, held at Seattle, Wash. and published in 1968 in the Journal of the Structural Division, proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers (5847 — March 1968 — ST 3).
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Eby, R.E. (1982). Structural Finger-Jointing Criteria and Performance. In: Prins, C.F.L. (eds) Production, Marketing and Use of Finger-Jointed Sawnwood. Forestry Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3859-6_16
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