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Department of Fact Sheet FORFS 02-02 Products Made From Terry Conners, Extension Specialist in Products List created July, 2002 from a number of other lists, with additions. Corrections and Additions will be welcomed! ([email protected]) Wood Products and to build new homes Drum Sticks Brush handles Tambourines Cable reels frames and sills Wood blocks Canes Flooring Speaker cabinets Cedar chests I- Amplifier cabinets Cedar closet lining LVL () Metronomes Activated Parallel strand lumber Xylophones Church pews and altars Finger-jointed lumber Harmonicas Closet rods Machine -rated lumber Stage flooring Barrels Coat racks Sandboxes and Backyard play sets Crutches Charcoal Dining room tables handles Docks Upholstered furniture frames plungers Decks Rocking Medicine cabinets Kitchen cabinets End tables Parallel bars Ferryboats Coffee tables Vineyard stakes Gazebos Beds Toys such as wooden blocks Grandfather clocks Bookcases Rulers Stair rails Nightstands Birdhouses Truck and trailer flooring Bureaus Fencing, posts and rails Mouldings and timbers Paneling Highway guard rails Fishing boats Picnic tables Snowshoes Pilings for building Toothpicks Hockey sticks Popsicle sticks sticks Dog Porch swings Produce and Shutters Particleboard Propeller shaft bearings for ships Baseball bats Medium (MDF) (used Rocking horses paddles and oars in kitchen cabinets and furniture Rowboats Musical instruments: panels, for example) Shingles Guitars Pianos Garage doors Putty-type of wood filler Organs and organ pedals Gazebos Tongue depressors Oboes Hot tubs and spas Totem poles Bagpipes Sleds Banjos Trellises Salad bowls and serving ware Clarinets Kitchen utensils Telephone poles Flutes/Fifes Wheelbarrow handles Mandolins Ping Pong paddles Wood carvings String bass Golf tees Wooden nickels Animal Pegboard bows Railroad ties Ship masts and yardarms Cellos Seesaws Toilet seats Bassoons Model airplanes Piano keys (wooden) Drums Rolling pins

1 handles houses Rocking horses Childrenís puzzles Test tube racks Fun house barrels Work benches Wine racks Fishing lures Toboggans Handrails Storage battery separators (hard rubber) Bookcases Stake-body truck sides tanks Park benches Gerbil chew sticks (balsa wood) Wardrobes/armoires Gun racks and cabinets Yo-yos Model ìTî coil boxes Billboards Dice Automobile chassis Snow fences Silverware chests Ironing boards Trellises Venetian blinds Parallel bars Billiard cue sticks and timber Log houses for smokers Cabinets for Analytical balances Bowling alley lanes and flavorings Shoe lasts Bowling pins Radio, television and phonograph/stereo Railroad crossing gates Annatto cabinets Rural bridges Bay churns poles Harpsichords Hurdles Railroad cars Lobster pots and floats FilÈ ( leaves, used to Aircraft propellers and airframes Wooden thicken gumbos) Minesweeper boats, PT boats Parts of snowboards, (gin flavoring) Silos and skateboards Mace Fermentation vats Ventriloquist dummies boxes Name tags Orange blossoms (flavored Racing shells (one to eight-man rowed Flagpoles (for smaller flags) water) boats) Cribs Chips for meat Wringers for washing machines Police batons Sassafras oil is used as a soap Telephones Planters Wood used to be used as a Logs provide for laxative, a disinfectant and a cough Scaffold planks treatment (rarely used nowadays). forms Cutting boards Glu-lam beams (used to Model airplanes Planes create long open ìBiscuitsî for wood joining levels , as in Carpenter rules churches) Products that Used to be Made Tool chests Excelsior From Wood Gear shift knobs Veneer Butter molds (Some of these may still be made from Bushel baskets Slide rules wood for specialty products.) Pants hangers Phonographs Kitchen counters Water pipes Bicycles artwork Bocce balls Travelerís writing desks Merry-go-Round horses Tennis rackets Cigar molds Birdhouses Car dashboards Artistís pallets Snowshoes Golf clubs Washboards Woodworking clamps Conestoga wagons Skis Spinning Clocks and clock gears Water well structures Baskets Waterwheels Water pump Novelties such as Nutcrack- press type chairs ers Printing presses Candlesticks Checker sets boxes (frames used to make Warships Jewelry boxes by hand) Wardrobe trunks Foundry patterns Paper presses (to squeeze the water out syrup buckets Crates of handmade paper) Abacus Garage doors Woodworking planes Pulleys Theatre scenery Cigar store Indians Gallows Gunstocks shuttles and bobbins Milking stools Beehives Wooden shoes Insulator pins Bows and Plates and bowls Butcher blocks Wooden wheels for automobiles and Artificial limbs Organ pipes wagons Sled runners Crucifixes Pull toys Iceboxes and refrigerators Drafting tables Sextants Gutters Ballot boxes Street paving blocks gum was used for

2 Sassafras Oranges Tea oil ( and Lemons oil) Automobile tires (used as reinforc- Limes gum ing ) Shoe pegs (used to fasten shoe soles to Corks (the primary use for : ~17 the uppers) Tangerines billion sold each year, compared to Dragonís blood (from of Asian tree) 400 million for stoppers was used in the manufacture of Dates (2001 statistics)) and Grapefruit Other cork products Dyestuffs (prior to invention of synthetic and oil Coasters ) Flooring Canada balsam (tree ) was used to Figs Dartboards make slides Fruit juices and ceiling came from the of the Carob (a cocoa substitute) Sanding blocks tree Cider Corkboards bark provided the original source (grows as a symbiant on ) Expansion joint filler of -like compounds leaves (floral component, also Insulation corkboard Cork used to be the gasket material lining used for fragrance) Fishing buoys and floats bottle caps Carnauba (from the leaves of the Cork washers Rubber used to be used to waterproof carnauba palm tree grown in ). Hot pads raincoats Used in: Musical instrument parts (e.g., Molded wooden figurines Shoe polish stoppers for organ pipes) Typewriter keys (Celluloid) Lipsticks Laboratory rings for glassware Red inner bark used to be steeped in Automotive Bathmats (made of granulated water to obtain a remedy for sore Furniture polish cork) throats Applied to produce to ìPeasî for whistles was a part of the Wright make it look appealing Cricket balls brothersí airplanes in supermarkets. Corks for pop guns Cylinder phonograph records used to be Products from Wood or Extractives: Foosball ( football) balls made from because it cleaners (oils) Hockey balls is so hard Lime scent for aftershave Baseballs Tool handles were made from celluloid as fragrance for soap Facings for some ping pong recently as World War II. and paddles Piano keys were once made from celluloid Cork shoe soles as an substitute. Rubber Roofing Rubber products Products that Used to be Things Made from Wood that Golf balls Formerly Were Made from Tires Made From Cork Something Else Marine and underwater (Some of these may still be made as cable insulation Paper (used to be made from cotton and Adhesives specialty products.) linen rags) (hard rubber) Bottle caps gaskets for carbonated Non-Wood/Non-Paper Products gloves and other beverages barrier-type of jackets (until 1857 ñ now mostly ! medical products polystyrene) Nuts Rubber belts Life preservers (polystyrene now) nuts (Coca-Cola etc.) Rubber hoses Fishing rod handles (now mostly Gaskets HypalonÆ) Brazil nuts Shoe soles Sheet insulation (e.g., for refrigerators) Cashews Rubber boots Rocket nosecones (a cork-ceramic Rubber balls composite) (most of it comes from wood pulping Paper and Fluff Products operations) Computer and copy paper Hickory nuts paper needle extract (an anti- Book marks Pine nuts Envelopes Acorns (decorative uses) inflammatory) oil (various medicinal Checkbooks Bulk mail Apples uses) Taxol (anti-cancer drug) Bills Avocadoes Instruction manuals Coffee Packaging cards for blister-packed products

3 Calendars Frozen boxes Ball point pens Diplomas and Certificates Electronics cases (televisions, Report cards (wrapping paper) calculators, computers) Lamp shades Multi-wall sacks for birdseed and pet Loudspeakers Book covers Automobile parts (e.g., panels) Concert posters Price tags Packaging Identification badges Trays Newsletters starter blocks Thermoformed products like gun Recipe cards Loudspeaker cones cases boxes paper Marine/Trailer flooring and flour bags Tea bags are usually not made from wood Wood-plastic : Can labels (except for tomato cans for ñ they are mostly made from benches some unknown reason!) abaca, also known as Manila Picnic tables Bottle and jar labels Tea bag labels are made of wood-based Planters Cereal boxes paper Fencing Shelf labels in grocery stores Cigarette and vacuum cleaner bags Decking Adhesive-backed labels are made from hemp or fiber! Signs Receipts Parking stops for parking lots Menus Spare tire covers Poster board Tubes for bathroom and paper Melamine paper-faced board Baking cups towels Coupons Artificial snow (paper snow) Things that Formerly Were US currency is not made from wood pulp Made from Wood-based Paper ñ itís made from cotton and flax Confetti fibers Admixture with sprayed-on grass seed Oil cans Coffee filters Food additive (non-digestible Candy bar wrappers Facial and bath tissue ). Used in diet drink Grocery bags (some still are made from Packaging for facial and bath tissue (the products, food texture enhancer. (In paper!) boxes and wrappers) the late 1970s, a ìdiet breadî used Library catalog cards (supplanted by Napkins from wood as one of computer files) Sanitary and surgical absorbent products its ingredients.) Drinking Disposable diapers Shotgun cartridges Kites Musical instrument cases (ìcardboardî paper Catalogs type, as for guitars) Bumper stickers (now made out of vinyl boards Phone except for the peel-off paper on the Masking tape Photographs backside) Newspapers Crepe paper Computer cards (now entirely electronic!) Birthday and Christmas wrapping paper Tickets Stickers cards Coloring books Roofing Products Made from Wood- Flashlight battery labels cream Paper Pizza boxes Derived Chemicals Baseball cards Disposable tablecloths (Processed products, not oils or latex, software boxes etc. Some cellulose products may derive Election ballots Corrugated from other cellulose sources such as cartons Ceiling tiles cotton linters, depending on economics Egg cartons Absorbent socks for oil spills and manufacturer.) Postage stamps Absorbent liners for supermarket meat Paper towels trays (Rayon, Tencelô) Playing cards Stationery and paper (wrapping and photo- Building insulation, loose and in panel NCR (no carbon required) paper graphic film) form Tax forms Cellulose nitrate (former composition of Grocery Bags Marriage licenses, birth and death movie film, except that it was very Paper Cups certificates and other civil docu- flammable and unstable with age) Folders ments Celluloid (rarely produced nowadays, Post-It NotesÆ Racing forms except for guitar picks and pick CD labels Programs for sporting events guards, fountain pens, accordion DVD and VCR tape packaging Fiber filler for : cases and ping-pong balls. Formerly Magazines Tool handles used for costume jewelry, clocks, Magazine card inserts Football helmets etc.) Postcards Cellulose acetate and cellulose nitrate are Maps Eyeglass frames both used in adhesives and lacquers. Fast food packaging

4 CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose) is used as Additive to unfired ceramics to give them varies by manufacturer) a food thickener and texturizer for strength Suntan lotion (e.g., oil (emollient); products such as ketchup and ice oil (scent); cream (depending on manufacturer); Hair spray (emollient)) also used to stabilize oil well Cosmetics ñ including thickeners such as (incorporate from hard muds. methyl cellulose and ) Cellulose-based pill fillers methyl†hydroxy†ethyl†cellulose Tall oil fatty acids and derivatives are used (wrapping material, also used (used in colognes, ) as: for Easter basket grass!) Torula yeast (a food supplement) is PVC stabilizers Toothpaste additives (e.g., cellulose gum) grown on wood and wood Synthetic lubricants ìPlasticî twine nutrients leftover from Polyamides Hardhats and sports helmets pulping operations. This is used in inhibitors Cigarette filters (cellulose acetate fibers) baby foods, imitation bacon, Soaps Cellulose industrial filters cereals, baked goods, etc. Detergents Sausage casings (used in natural process, Emulsifiers Cellulose spongesArtificial less common than formerly) Rubber processing additives flavoring (by-product of Carnauba wax is commonly used as a pill pulping) Asphalt additives coating. Concrete additives compounds Liquid SmokeÆ Chewing gum is a combination of natural additives Linoleum (oxidized linseed oil mixed with Plasticizers rubber (especially , from the pine resin and wood flour) Sapodilla trees from Central and chemicals (produced by of Oil field chemicals ) with some wood) Rosin-based adhesive products synthetic latexes to extend the Biofuels from wood distillation natural latex supply. Other wood Liquid polish Also, see the list of products from chemicals such as rosin esters and Shaving cream (, , etc., Extractives (above) are also common ingredi- .

To grow a pound of wood, a tree uses 1.47 pounds of and gives off 1.07 pounds of . The following information is copied from the website of the Temperate Forest {http://www.forestinfo.org/ Discover/facts.htm#Recycling}:

∑ In 1995, some 1.6 billion were planted in the U.S. - more than 5 new trees a year for every American.† Millions of additional trees were naturally reforested.

∑ Private owners account for 59% of the nationís 490 million acres of commercial forestland; government owns 27%; and the forest owns 14%.

∑ Each person in the United States consumes approximately 675 pounds of paper a year.

∑ On the average, everyone uses the equivalent of a tree, 18 inches in diameter - 100 foot tall, every year. Thatís 80 cubic feet!

The United States is a wood-rich country; people in the United States (on average) use about three times as much wood each day as people in the rest of the world. One of the most common uses for wood around the world is for fuel!

And finally, a surprise for (almost) all Kentuckians:

3M Corporationís popular product, Post-It Notes, are manufactured exclusively in Cynthiana, (Harrison County), Kentucky!

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