Patent ID: 6533005
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B27D,B27M,B32B,E06B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a hybrid wood product, the method comprisingproviding first and second pieces of composite wood material, each piece having a contact surface and at least one of the pieces including a furrow in the contact surface, where the pieces are configured to be stacked together so that the contact surfaces touch and the furrow or furrows create a key-receiving region, providing a key configured to fit within the key-receiving region, adhering the key and the first and second pieces of composite wood material together so that the contact surfaces touch, the furrow or furrows create a key receiving region, and a key occupies the key-receiving region, cutting the first and second pieces of hybrid wood material and the key to produce at least two hybrid wood segments, and milling each hybrid wood segment to create a residual key with a substantially void-free surface.