How Plywood Is Made In Factories? (Mega Factories Video)

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  • @AeroCraftsman
    @AeroCraftsman 3 роки тому +2276

    An old friend who worked at a plywood plant said nothing went to waste. The veneers made plywood, the chips made strand board, the sawdust made particle board and they even recorded the noise and sold it as rock and roll.

    • @johnnyghanja
      @johnnyghanja 3 роки тому +54

      Almost bro.

    • @carnerageno
      @carnerageno 3 роки тому +215

      Dads on the internet again, somebody call mom.

    • @fjalics
      @fjalics 3 роки тому +10

      Did they make engineered beams too?

    • @garyvcole
      @garyvcole 3 роки тому +59

      No, if it was noise it would be rap.

    • @terry_willis
      @terry_willis 3 роки тому +15

      Nope. The machines can carry a tune.

  • @lukelegg9915
    @lukelegg9915 3 роки тому +2540

    Im SO GLAD yall kept the raw sound, it love hearing the machines and such and not some cheesy annoying crf music

    • @WhatYouMeanNo
      @WhatYouMeanNo 3 роки тому +35

      My ears hurt from hearing that garbage much I couldn't agree more

    • @harryballsacky
      @harryballsacky 3 роки тому +8

      TRU DAT

    • @gander6798
      @gander6798 3 роки тому +5

      Facts!

    • @Zantides
      @Zantides 3 роки тому +9

      The true sound of money

    • @griffin3964
      @griffin3964 3 роки тому +28

      I agree. It gives a less overly polished style, places you there a bit, and gives a bit of personality to the place, especially when you could hear the music being played by the people working there.

  • @flyinghawk9136
    @flyinghawk9136 3 роки тому +619

    I'm impressed by the engineers who have designed and made those processing machines. Respect!

    • @LeadBariBass
      @LeadBariBass 3 роки тому +36

      And the engineers who keep them running! I'm in IT, but I have worked at several manufacturing plants. They are national treasures!

    • @clutch5sp989
      @clutch5sp989 2 роки тому +27

      As an engineer myself, the machinery is always more interesting to me than the products they make. As a kid, everything got taken apart to see what made it tik...lol

    • @MuzikSonics
      @MuzikSonics 2 роки тому +17

      Engineers, the unsung heroes of this country..

    • @jadr3123
      @jadr3123 2 роки тому +13

      @@MuzikSonics Engineers are in all countries, all around the world.

    • @justwastingtimeonyt9952
      @justwastingtimeonyt9952 2 роки тому +8

      @@clutch5sp989 same, after a while my parents stopped getting expensive toys and just got cheap stuff for me to study(tear apart) lol

  • @alexbourdeau4438
    @alexbourdeau4438 11 місяців тому +92

    I was a hot press operator at a plywood mill back in the 1980s. Much more hand work then. The glue was applied by a four person crew, one person feeding 4' core pieces through the glue spreader, one person catching them and laying them out and two flipping backs, centers and faces onto the glued core pieces. Our mill did 24 panel loads. The stack of panels came to me via conveyor which fed into an hydraulic pre-press that compressed the sheets just enough so I could handle them. Then the panels went on a vertical ride with me to the top of the hot press. There I fed them one at a time between plattens. When the press was full and I was back on the ground, I'd close the press, wait 4-6 minutes and do it all over again. From the hot press the panels went on to the trim saws and sanders. Lots of hard, physical work, but very rewarding - you'd made something that would be used all over the world.

  • @wamatar7596
    @wamatar7596 3 роки тому +1074

    Definitely the Machine with the roller knife that turn the wood log into a sheet of ribbon is the most impressive and the cornerstone of that factory.

    • @Cenobyte40k
      @Cenobyte40k 3 роки тому +47

      NO, it's clearly the speed metal that the sort operators was listening too.

    • @toxicslug9233
      @toxicslug9233 3 роки тому +17

      @@Cenobyte40k dude speed metal? When did slipknot become speed metal

    • @goodlookinouthomie1757
      @goodlookinouthomie1757 3 роки тому +24

      How can you say that when later on they use something called a "glue curtain"?

    • @Lawless187indika
      @Lawless187indika 3 роки тому +51

      @Maniac 5000 u crazy man, out of ya damn mind.. Didnt u see that fella with the paint roller? Theres no machine for that intricate task buddy

    • @ronaldshank7589
      @ronaldshank7589 3 роки тому +1

      Gives a whole new meaning to the saying "Cut down to size"

  • @troyano6548
    @troyano6548 3 роки тому +623

    The designers of these machines are admirable people.

    • @yengsabio5315
      @yengsabio5315 3 роки тому +9

      Indeed! And the sequence of events in the process, it is just so procedural!

    • @akashraja7656
      @akashraja7656 3 роки тому +8

      Yep they r mech engineers

    • @BsnsFunding
      @BsnsFunding 3 роки тому +1

      @@akashraja7656 mechatronic or mechanical?

    • @akashraja7656
      @akashraja7656 3 роки тому +3

      @@BsnsFunding ig both

    • @michaelthoma
      @michaelthoma 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you

  • @laverdadesmejor
    @laverdadesmejor 3 роки тому +198

    The process is interesting but what is more amazing is the initial design
    of the machinery that make the finished product!

    • @pjmagana9547
      @pjmagana9547 3 роки тому +3

      No doubt, awesome

    • @retired8484
      @retired8484 3 роки тому +2

      That's pretty much always the case

    • @aTheistSammie
      @aTheistSammie 3 роки тому +11

      That's all I kept thinking about, how these machines were made and perfected over decades out of the thousands of years of human carpentry history

    • @jed-henrywitkowski6470
      @jed-henrywitkowski6470 3 роки тому +1

      Indeed.

    • @phloydaz21
      @phloydaz21 3 роки тому +2

      My thoughts exactly as I watch any assembly line type machinery videos. Amazing how the engineers come up with this stuff.

  • @Ms_Lexicophile
    @Ms_Lexicophile Рік тому +86

    I always wondered how the logs were made into broad sheets/ boards. I was left thoughtless when I saw how it was sliced when it was held by a rotation component. The stability of the structures to perform the mechanism... Kudos to all the units involved in the process of making this indispensable component we use today!
    3:22 Giant sharpeners? 😲

    • @souldancersbyjennifer
      @souldancersbyjennifer Рік тому +2

      IKR.... and they sharpen giant logs much better than we sharpen our pencils... 😂

    • @chancebutler6472
      @chancebutler6472 11 місяців тому

      why wouldnt they use it as lumber first then make this garbage... society is broken lol

    • @IWillSmurfYou
      @IWillSmurfYou 10 місяців тому +1

      Its pine dude theres tons of it and it grows fast. Chill ya fookn koont ​@@chancebutler6472

    • @curtisramsey3577
      @curtisramsey3577 10 місяців тому

      ​@@chancebutler6472they are planted by the logging industry for that as specific purpose. Solid lumber cannot be used for every need, because it is not structurally sound in large sheets.
      This is actually a very sustainable industry that uses every scrap for something useful.
      You benefit daily from this type of manufacturing.

    • @mondvogel6124
      @mondvogel6124 9 місяців тому +9

      ​@@chancebutler6472 who says this is garbage. You can get more boards off a log than lumber, and a board has a higher structural integrity due to the glue, and is less impacted by expansion and contraction. In other words, for many use cases this is the more environmentally friendly and more economical approach

  • @loui828
    @loui828 3 роки тому +342

    It always amazes me that we humans have come up with this great machinery, like the type of engineering in this things are next level.

    • @Mg3-Si2-O5-OH4
      @Mg3-Si2-O5-OH4 3 роки тому +16

      Google CERN LHC if you want to see next level

    • @jort281
      @jort281 3 роки тому +6

      The energy used in the machines and plant fuel will dump so much carbon into the atmosphere. Unsustainable.

    • @frankwiddifield7520
      @frankwiddifield7520 3 роки тому +34

      @@jort281 So move into a straw hut, stop driving vehicles, throw away your cell phone, and farm your own food, or you are just a hypocrite.

    • @roinnakebrett1731
      @roinnakebrett1731 3 роки тому +5

      but on the other hand, the road to hell is paved with good intensions, if you let the machinery go out of hand without giving something back to nature. Eventually we will all pay for it, and we are allready paying for it, question is, does nature have something terrible in store for us if we push it "over the edge", who knows where that edge is. Whenever that edge comes, we have no choice to turn back.

    • @evanherrera5948
      @evanherrera5948 3 роки тому

      @@Mg3-Si2-O5-OH4 🤓

  • @Mwfrizzellandsons
    @Mwfrizzellandsons 3 роки тому +1822

    The dude with the paint roller is one machine away from being eliminated.

    • @GokuBlack-uq5ki
      @GokuBlack-uq5ki 3 роки тому +90

      The probably does 10-25 other tasks a machine cannot do.

    • @nordqvistjimmy
      @nordqvistjimmy 3 роки тому +130

      @@GokuBlack-uq5ki Drink Coffee?

    • @SgtBurned
      @SgtBurned 3 роки тому +85

      Luckily that isn't his only job I bet, he's working with the other guy to maintain the output end of that machine. So packaging, and handling to shipment. If that was his only job I think he'd wish for the day to be replaced 🤣

    • @billfirmansjah1106
      @billfirmansjah1106 3 роки тому

      p000

    • @universalmonster4972
      @universalmonster4972 3 роки тому +76

      Imagine having that job for 35 years. Shoot me.

  • @pitsburg11
    @pitsburg11 3 роки тому +113

    It’s amazing the thousands of things we
    Walk by or use every day that we don’t know or think about how they were produced. Certainly makes you appreciate things more when you see how things are manufactured

    • @summerof6967
      @summerof6967 3 роки тому +1

      First thing came into my mind was the trees. Feels sad

    • @timothyandrewnielsen
      @timothyandrewnielsen 3 роки тому

      I used to think plywood was shit wood. While im sure some plywood is... not all. Very strong wood.

    • @PoptartToppart
      @PoptartToppart 3 роки тому

      same, history popped into my head as how much those trees have seen, just like this wooden table where my keyboard is resting on.

    • @michaelrudolph7003
      @michaelrudolph7003 3 роки тому

      Shows you that no one person makes anything. More reinforcement that “I, Pencil” is accurate.

    • @MrSmid888
      @MrSmid888 3 роки тому

      It’s the things we consume including tap water that’s more worrying. Those processes. They say tap water in 2021 has already been through 6 humans 🤷🏻‍♂️🌎

  • @tonyhurd5697
    @tonyhurd5697 2 роки тому +26

    What I’m most impressed by , is the knowledge to create these machines , to coincide with each other to take a tree and make it into plywood . Amazing !!

    • @chancebutler6472
      @chancebutler6472 11 місяців тому

      the knowledge? they destroying new trees to make a crap product...... not to mention they could make it after using the tree as lumber for 100 years THEN DO THIS NONSENSE.

    • @makin_eng
      @makin_eng 7 місяців тому

      Incredible

  • @StuffBudDuz
    @StuffBudDuz 3 роки тому +238

    Very cool footage. A super-important step is that the individual plies are layered with the wood grain of each at 90-degree angles to the sandwiching layers. This is the entire point of making the plies in the first place. This alternating of the wood grain in each layer is what gives plywood its tensile strength.

    • @johnklekotka1028
      @johnklekotka1028 Рік тому +24

      Yes, good point. I don’t remember them showing how that step gets accomplished.

    • @starpawsy
      @starpawsy Рік тому +10

      I get your point, but if the sheets are cut into 4 X 8 the same way you could not do that. Half the sheets would need to be cut the other way.

    • @emif841
      @emif841 Рік тому +4

      @@johnklekotka1028 at 6.11 in doco

    • @jackstrawjr2963
      @jackstrawjr2963 Рік тому +9

      @starpawsy Exactly, the grain patterns would have to be alternated prior to cutting into 4x8 size. Also, if they're cut to 4x8 prior to lamination what is the cutting process after lamination? Wouldn't that result in sheets smaller than 4x8?

    • @timbuckman3870
      @timbuckman3870 Рік тому +2

      Yep, I worked in a plywood mill for 15 years.

  • @rumham1271
    @rumham1271 3 роки тому +945

    “Ever wonder how plywood is made?”
    No, never. But go on.

    • @ignatiusj.reilly1197
      @ignatiusj.reilly1197 3 роки тому +12

      Bwahahahahahahahaha Dude that was my first thought when I started it up.

    • @gorilla1624
      @gorilla1624 3 роки тому +14

      Bruh I literally always think how do they make plywood

    • @ignatiusj.reilly1197
      @ignatiusj.reilly1197 3 роки тому +3

      @@gorilla1624 I work construction. I deal with plywood daily. hilarious

    • @gorilla1624
      @gorilla1624 3 роки тому +4

      I do to but I never knew how it was made

    • @lemonyogurt0
      @lemonyogurt0 3 роки тому +1

      First thought 😁

  • @icy1260
    @icy1260 3 роки тому +120

    All the machinery and stuff made for this mega factory looks so intricate and complicated, the engineers behind this are quite incredible

  • @joeyrittierodt6958
    @joeyrittierodt6958 Рік тому +17

    I was a core operator at Boise cascade in medford. OR. We layed slivers of 4' long pieces perpendicular to the 8x8 sheets and it was the most physical job I've ever had and hot. Even in the winter time it was over 100° up on that platform. The line never stopped! 8 straight hrs of GO! 2 ten min breakers and 1, 20 when you relief felt like relieving you.
    We worked as a team and you didn't want to piss anyone off because then you'd be the last to be relived.

    • @engineeringworld.
      @engineeringworld.  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us.

    • @AEVMU
      @AEVMU Рік тому +2

      Guys like you keep society going, thank you! It's a small underappreciated thing but it's true. Plywood and wood products and hard work are appreciated!

    • @caleb_ryan_pereda
      @caleb_ryan_pereda 8 місяців тому

      I just left the Medford plant to go to RVP as a curtain coater! 😂

    • @makin_eng
      @makin_eng 7 місяців тому

      Did you ever get hurt? 😢

    • @brucehuddler7518
      @brucehuddler7518 6 місяців тому

      Sweat shop job

  • @los-one
    @los-one 3 роки тому +72

    Amazing the precision they build machines with. Never in my life had I thought of cutting a tree into a “ribbon”. Jaw dropping amazing.

    • @vincentdinapoli9399
      @vincentdinapoli9399 Рік тому

      Haven't you ever used toilet paper?....same principle!

    • @chancebutler6472
      @chancebutler6472 11 місяців тому

      perhaps you were smart enough not to destroy entire logs to make plywood.. and even if you really wanted to turn entire trees into plywood.... we could use them for a 100 years before ruining them like this.... and still make crappy products like this after.. with the same wood.

  • @pauliewalnuts240
    @pauliewalnuts240 3 роки тому +517

    They forgot to include the last step after packaging, the warping process! The warping process occurs in transit, from when they left production until their stocked for resale. The wood was flat when it left production but because of the strap on each end of a 4x8, the sheets become warped/bowed in the middle. New plywood, pre-warped for your enjoyment.

    • @glenerickson358
      @glenerickson358 3 роки тому +46

      What about the bowed and twisted 2x4s they want full price for? 🤦‍♂️

    • @spencerferrier3857
      @spencerferrier3857 3 роки тому +34

      That's not how it warps. At all.
      If the ambient heat & humidity are at a certain point in relation to the moisture content of the veneer, or if some of the veneer had too much moisture, the panels will warp as they cool coming out from the press. Usually happens due to moisture, but can easily happen if the hot plywood cools off too quickly.

    • @matthewmittlestead8747
      @matthewmittlestead8747 3 роки тому +74

      @Peter Evans where are you from? Haha plywood here 4’x8’ going for around 60$ right now, and peaked around $85

    • @Grymyrk
      @Grymyrk 3 роки тому +36

      @Peter Evans you might be thinking of particle board.

    • @Grymyrk
      @Grymyrk 3 роки тому +34

      @Peter Evans It's not scrap, they have to glue it to make large flat sheets. You don't don't shit. Scrap wood would be all the off cuts that is then glued and pressed together like paper to make particle board.

  • @rlopez551
    @rlopez551 3 роки тому +151

    Great video tour without talking, the sounds alone are wonderful to hear. The text was just right and good pace. It felt like being there and seeing the overall process helps bring an appreciation of how this product is produced. You guys set the bar high on quality and detail. Great job!

    • @Albert_rents
      @Albert_rents 3 роки тому +3

      Perfectly said by you also . Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @timsamuels7150
    @timsamuels7150 2 роки тому +42

    I’ve been in the construction business 40 years, watching that process was very informative thank you.

    • @chancebutler6472
      @chancebutler6472 11 місяців тому

      theyre destroying entire brand new logs to make plywood and not one of them thought maybe we could do ANYTIHNG with the logs before destroying them for a garbage product lol. heck we could make plywood with them after using as beams or something for 100 years first..

    • @MaxGiganteum
      @MaxGiganteum 4 місяці тому

      -- So tell us professor... where do you plan on getting all of these "beams" to use instead of raw logs to keep up with the demand for plywood every single day across the country and the world? And who is going to pay to salvage those beams and somehow process them if they are large enough to actually use? Clearly, you haven't thought this one through!
      - Max Giganteum

  • @harrisonhellmich81
    @harrisonhellmich81 3 роки тому +259

    That's the most factory sounding factory I've ever heard

    • @opieutt9038
      @opieutt9038 3 роки тому +5

      I like it though, just the intricacies in every machine is amazing.

    • @567Kriss
      @567Kriss 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂

    • @bobfarmer2226
      @bobfarmer2226 3 роки тому

      Come to a yarn manufacturer.. if you want loud.

    • @Frerrva
      @Frerrva 3 роки тому

      I used to work in regular old sawmill on and off for a couple of years, oh boy can you hear them from some distance

  • @oscara.9265
    @oscara.9265 3 роки тому +151

    @ 2:17
    Can we take a moment to appreciate this guy playing "The Devil in I" by Slipknot?🤘👏👏👏

    • @the_kombinator
      @the_kombinator 3 роки тому +1

      Icona pop at 4:21

    • @1393wsc
      @1393wsc 3 роки тому +10

      A lady you mean, you can tell by her hand

    • @Louzahsol
      @Louzahsol 3 роки тому +2

      No because slipknot sucks.

    • @quentinhemi
      @quentinhemi 3 роки тому +11

      @@Louzahsol you sir are factually incorrect

    • @killua2190
      @killua2190 3 роки тому +11

      I came here specifically searching for other metal heads

  • @JohnKitterman
    @JohnKitterman 3 роки тому +101

    The engineering that makes this happen is astonishing

    • @billydreed1
      @billydreed1 3 роки тому

      powerful and precise

    • @nosredep7873
      @nosredep7873 3 роки тому +1

      @john boy what if I don't believe you

    • @nosredep7873
      @nosredep7873 3 роки тому

      @Ariyan Ahmed did you see who I replied to? Did you put 2 and 2 together that I was joking?

    • @emanuelmifsud6754
      @emanuelmifsud6754 3 роки тому +1

      Engineers rely on other professions to do their work. My brother who is a Mechanucal Engineer called himself a "Catalogue Engineer" as he found information and made orders from business catalogue.
      Remember, a complicated factory like this needs Builders, Structural Engineers, Architects. Scientists, wood Technolgists, etc.

    • @phillhuddleston9445
      @phillhuddleston9445 3 роки тому

      @@emanuelmifsud6754 And machinists to make the machines.

  • @__seeker__
    @__seeker__ Рік тому +86

    I just want to take a moment to express my gratitude for the absence of annoying and pointless music and voiceover. Thank you.

  • @MarkNiceyard
    @MarkNiceyard 3 роки тому +31

    That lumber being cut into a flat sheet in two seconds is very impressive!

  • @NoelKunz
    @NoelKunz 3 роки тому +956

    "Have you ever wondered how plywood is made?" Honestly, no, but I'm going to watch this anyway and be amazed!

    • @dwaybetoggymackinaw5893
      @dwaybetoggymackinaw5893 3 роки тому +24

      I was actually kinda disapointed. These aren't really sheets of plywood but engineered joists. Play wood has layers of ply with the wood grain alternating in direction. That's what gives sheets of plywood their strength. These are engineered joists used in structural applications where the span or required strength exceeds the capabilities of standard dimensional lumber. I was confused thinking "so when are they gonna show us the alternate layering"

    • @JKinsman468
      @JKinsman468 3 роки тому +6

      Specially at 1am after a few beers

    • @lastngwenya8000
      @lastngwenya8000 3 роки тому +2

      I have

    • @cobes11
      @cobes11 3 роки тому +3

      “Fly wood” is an awesome name for a weewee.

    • @bozbozman1575
      @bozbozman1575 3 роки тому

      Have you ever wondered how penguins have sex?

  • @SwitchUpYt
    @SwitchUpYt 3 роки тому +556

    I can imagine James Bond being tied to this thing

    • @Xofttam
      @Xofttam 3 роки тому +9

      Do you expect me to talk?

    • @sbrasel
      @sbrasel 3 роки тому +16

      @@Xofttam No! I expect you to be painted yellow!

    • @AC_Milan1899
      @AC_Milan1899 3 роки тому

      Bond wnk

    • @heinandwilson
      @heinandwilson 3 роки тому

      Hahahahah

    • @inkydoug
      @inkydoug 3 роки тому +12

      I would tell you, Mister Bond, what lies in wait for you inside this machine, but you'd be bored stiff.

  • @Ephilates2024
    @Ephilates2024 7 місяців тому +5

    As a kid, I joined my father twice to visit St. Regis’s logging operation in WA and a smaller mill’s in Maine. He was the companies’ banker at First National City Bank, so he got the royal treatment (and his spoiled kid, too). I never looked at a piece of paper or lumber the same way again afterwards. It’s valuable to see the supply chain and all the people, skills and machines that go into it. We met a lot of people who were missing fingers!

  • @MrWillt100
    @MrWillt100 3 роки тому +76

    Worked in a similar factory in New Zealand for a short period of time. This brought back good memories as I always found it very interesting watching the different processes that were required.
    I worked in the finishing off department where we puttied any holes and regraded sheets prior to repacking. Though very laborious it was one of the many necessary processes required to making a quality product. Thanks for this, most appreciated.

    • @robertslugg8361
      @robertslugg8361 2 роки тому

      I worked in a brickyard in college. Kiln was 150 yards long with about 2400 stacked and interleaved bricks on an 8x8 railcar that was continuously pushed through 24/7. I worked on the sorting and stacking and those we did on Monday were way cooler than those on Friday.

    • @b.s.racing
      @b.s.racing Рік тому +2

      Here in the u.s. we get poorly glued sheets that are not puttied an pay a huge markup.
      I purchased 4 sheathing sheets at $298.00 after tax, it was the absolute cheapest an thinnest I could get!
      Then again I can thank the politicians I didn't vote for who have dropped the country into it's grave so we are the laughing stock of the world.
      I'll take back Bush Sr., Cliton, an Trump back or anyone better!

    • @markjaysonenorme1058
      @markjaysonenorme1058 Рік тому

      Do you have vacant on any position in your factory in New Zealand I'm interested

    • @chancebutler6472
      @chancebutler6472 11 місяців тому

      wow and not one of these fools thought to use the tree for something else before making this garbage out of brand new perfectly good logs

    • @MrWillt100
      @MrWillt100 11 місяців тому

      Funny you asking that as that factory only recently closed it was owned by a Japanese company.@@markjaysonenorme1058

  • @marurilio
    @marurilio 3 роки тому +236

    It's good to know that they still make it out of wood, I even thought they were making it out of gold now, based on the price increase

    • @twiff3rino28
      @twiff3rino28 3 роки тому +8

      Thank Wall St. Too bad we couldn't send some big investors through this mill 😈

    • @crankshaft5867
      @crankshaft5867 3 роки тому +1

      It is the most sought after products in developing countries now due to heavy construction,no wonder I saw paupers getting rich by trading in these plys.

    • @shenghan9385
      @shenghan9385 3 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @marksimpson5767
      @marksimpson5767 3 роки тому +1

      well said.

    • @ChristopherHillman
      @ChristopherHillman 3 роки тому +2

      Y'know from what 'I' hearD the price increase is from a lack of Shipping Containers (!)
      (A guy who works at the piers in Philadelphia down here said the HUGE warehouse is FULL of wood that's come off the ships there BUT they can't get it out the door because there's been the ongoing
      lack of containers to ship everything ouT with.

  • @st7650
    @st7650 3 роки тому +26

    Love to see the process never seen it before just wondering what’s the yellow paint for never purchased a sheet a plywood with yellow paint on it. Thanks

    • @josephking6515
      @josephking6515 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, the yellow paint. That was my question too, why the yellow paint. I am not in the USA and I have never seen yellow paint on any plywood in any of the countries I have lived or visited.

    • @nickdutton6218
      @nickdutton6218 3 роки тому +4

      I have never seen plywood yellow paint on it. Makes me wonder if it's for keeping moisture out as it is shipped, maybe on shipping container boats or through humid parts of the world. Then it is washed off somehow at distribution?

    • @robh063
      @robh063 3 роки тому +3

      I've never seen yellow paint on plywood but then again, I've never seen 15 layers of 1/8" plies or 1 7/8" thick plywood either so it must be made for a specific use.

    • @robertcraig156
      @robertcraig156 3 роки тому

      More like a wash. Anti bugs.

    • @jonlanier_
      @jonlanier_ 3 роки тому +3

      I just looked it up. It helps with weather issues... must be used for the outer surfaces of a project.

  • @digitalwarfarerecords6532
    @digitalwarfarerecords6532 Рік тому +9

    Worked in a Plywood Mill in the late 80s early 90s. Once the veneer came out of the dryer The Spreading/gluing was done by hand. The press(where I worked) was a 40 foot high elevator loaded and off loaded by hand. Automation has come a long ways since then. Most stations back then took multiple people to operate. And a shift had about 50 employees.

    • @engineeringworld.
      @engineeringworld.  Рік тому +1

      Today, with advancements in technology and automation, the plywood industry has become more efficient and streamlined. It's incredible to think about how far we've come in terms of reducing labor requirements and improving production processes. Thanks for sharing this glimpse into the past of plywood manufacturing!

    • @makin_eng
      @makin_eng 7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for sharing

    • @warriorlink8612
      @warriorlink8612 Місяць тому

      people doing different things now. Technicians for the machines mostly.

    • @Trihardest
      @Trihardest 7 днів тому

      Crazy that they were paying 50 employees and it was still a fraction of the cost.

  • @AnAfriCanuck
    @AnAfriCanuck 3 роки тому +309

    This isnt plywood, these are structural beams and headers called Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)

    • @danielkim9436
      @danielkim9436 3 роки тому +56

      I dont see the alternating stacking at right angles which id expect from plywood.

    • @stallionranchwoodworks
      @stallionranchwoodworks 3 роки тому +22

      Still plywood, LOL

    • @danielkim9436
      @danielkim9436 3 роки тому +7

      @@stallionranchwoodworks im not an expert - how do you define plywood and are there different types or categories of plywood?

    • @Adventures_of_Marshmallow
      @Adventures_of_Marshmallow 3 роки тому +7

      Just because it has a specific dimension does not mean it isn't plywood.... Remember, these LVLs were giant thick sheets before being gang cut to dimension!

    • @stallionranchwoodworks
      @stallionranchwoodworks 3 роки тому +14

      @@danielkim9436 plywood is the multiple layers of wood glued to together to create a sheet good. It can consist of 3 plys all the way to 15 plys for a good baltic birch plywood.

  • @JoeBowlandMusic
    @JoeBowlandMusic 3 роки тому +241

    I love how when it shows the operator, they're listening to Slipknot-The Devil in I. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

    • @Rattetief
      @Rattetief 3 роки тому

      Haha! Paused the video to see if anyone else noticed it was Slipknot haha. Rock on!

    • @7Nahshon
      @7Nahshon 3 роки тому +18

      I’m pretty sure the operator you’re referring to is a lady. 💯😎

    • @franciscorosariogonzalezzu9511
      @franciscorosariogonzalezzu9511 3 роки тому

      @@7Nahshon yes she is a lady.

    • @tatakazika8784
      @tatakazika8784 3 роки тому

      Haha, noticed the same immediately 🤣

    • @chrissadler4583
      @chrissadler4583 3 роки тому

      Just about to comment that!😸

  • @Finnimagoo
    @Finnimagoo 2 роки тому +26

    I make the glue used in this plywood manufacturing process. Extremely expensive raw materials involved in the resin manufacturing side of it. Was really cool to see how it was applied and pressed.

    • @causewaykayak
      @causewaykayak Рік тому +3

      I wish we could buy such good glues for small job fabrication.
      I used to live near Southampton England where Borden Chemicals made marvellous adhesives for aero and boatbuilding. One day in the 70s some air pressure fault blew the fine powder resin out if a large silo and across town WHOOPS. a lot of resprays and replacement windows needed after that mishap.
      Now whatevet happened to Borden and Casco Cascamite glues I don't know but the modern retail offering is worthless. I think it was either a water activated casein glue or a phenolic resin . Whichever, a boat made with it stayed together and Cascamite was our only glue legal for aircraft construction . I see on U Tube the lady who makes Culver Props (worth watching her at work on UT) had problems sourcing adhesives . Famous as she is someone got her a substitute in the US .

    • @Finnimagoo
      @Finnimagoo Рік тому +1

      @Rathlin Postman @Rathlin Postman
      Yes, the problem with smaller business customers here in New Zealand is that they can't purchase enough glue to make it worthwhile for glue manufacturers, forcing them to buy overpriced low quality glue retail. Our Phenol-Formaldehyde based resins, which are used in marine ply, for example, are made in 18-ton batches, so it wouldn't be worth scheduling reactor time for smaller jobs. Most resisns we make also have a short shelf life, making it difficult for smaller businesses to buy in bulk. The short shelf life is good for us as it protects us from large chemical plants in China or India for example, where they could make it for a lot less. Their Resin would be near expiry by the time it arrived in the country.

    • @causewaykayak
      @causewaykayak Рік тому +1

      @@Finnimagoo ohh it's near bed time here but I really wanted to show appreciation of your quick response.
      It seems that you are speaking as an adhesive manufacturer ( true or false?). I find it a pity that the prospects of getting hold of decent materials is a serious limitation on proof of concept designers and prototyping workshops. I suppose these problems are nothing new in the Anna ls of engineering development. It just so VERY frustrating. Lately, and with working in wood, I have used epoxy resins (generally contraindicated for my tasks) to get projects advanced and explain the adhesive dilemma to interested parties.
      Dry powdered resins were always a mainstay. I wondered if Chinese manufactures would be interested in producing small containers for retail.
      Generally I find Chinese suppliers most helpful with responsive technical desks and reasonable delivery times. Moreover where kit has arrived damaged, restitution is a phone call away. Some of our UK sources could take a lesson in customer service.

  • @gandalfgreyhame3425
    @gandalfgreyhame3425 6 місяців тому +3

    I thought at some point the veneer sheets would have to be rotated in different directions before being stacked and glued together, otherwise the grain of all the layers of the veneer would be in the exact same directions and the plywood sheet would be especially prone to cracking alone that single grain direction. So, what happened to rotating the sheets of veneer to change the wood grain direction from one layer to the next?

  • @mrb5142
    @mrb5142 3 роки тому +36

    The engineering behind these mills are remarkable.

  • @rahil240
    @rahil240 3 роки тому +124

    The way it turned from a log to a wood ribbon was very mesmerizing !

    • @viitheforeigner
      @viitheforeigner 3 роки тому +7

      I was trying to figure out how dod that machine turn a log into a sheet a paper it’s insane

    • @justincameron9123
      @justincameron9123 3 роки тому

      @@viitheforeigner the same way you peel a carrot

    • @brianlaurence2342
      @brianlaurence2342 3 роки тому +1

      You should watch a menien lathe, the plant I worked I had a 2.5m and a 3.1m lathe, and 2 50 meter roller jet dryers.

    • @codeblue2532
      @codeblue2532 3 роки тому +1

      @@justincameron9123 :: no more FieldTrips for you, Justin ! Once the logs are roughly cylindrical, 100” knives “ROTARY PEEL” the logs to about 3/16” sheets……….that is why the ‘book~matched/sequenced~matched pattern repeats. Choice woods like Teak, Walnut, Oak, are intentionally laid up into finished panels this way for the visual effect around a room, or on doors, etc.. At one time a Portland firm imported 3/16” x50” x 100” very beautiful rotary~cut mahogany plywood cores that many boat builders desired for appearance and flexibility………and that’s all I know, Justin. Me Voy.

  • @patrickvalentino600
    @patrickvalentino600 3 роки тому +159

    Interesting how all this processing and the purchase, operation and maintenance of all this machinery still results in a product substantially cheaper than solid hardwood

    • @digisneed7892
      @digisneed7892 3 роки тому +5

      All propped up by the futures markets. Once the futures collapse, everything shuts down for real.

    • @okovarik3
      @okovarik3 3 роки тому +4

      This is probably true just somewhere. In Europe, especially in Czech Republic plywood is much more expensive than hardwood

    • @JP-xg8cd
      @JP-xg8cd 3 роки тому +1

      @@digisneed7892 It’s coming…..

    • @chickngreez6395
      @chickngreez6395 3 роки тому +1

      91usd. a sheet for 25/32 plywood. Was bitching last year when re sheated my roof when it was 28$ a sheet.

    • @kanucks9
      @kanucks9 3 роки тому

      @@digisneed7892 these are real capital investments. A plywood mill makes products that are actually needed, it's not speculation, jeez.

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 2 роки тому +4

    Excellent! Thanks so much for NOT having music!! Best of luck!

  • @mattsnyder4754
    @mattsnyder4754 3 роки тому +286

    “Yeah. I need this fat round tree to be skinny and flat.”
    Say no more fam.

    • @deankay4434
      @deankay4434 3 роки тому +1

      Two thumbs up for flat trees!

    • @tryingtolearnthis
      @tryingtolearnthis 3 роки тому +3

      Didnt realize people say: “say no more fam”

    • @darkclownKellen
      @darkclownKellen 3 роки тому +4

      Say no more fam

    • @4thegloryofthelord
      @4thegloryofthelord 3 роки тому +1

      I’m guessing someone a really long time ago probably actually said that. I wonder who it was and when?

  • @12cjp
    @12cjp 3 роки тому +5

    I'm impressed how is made it ,not because of the plywood it self,but whoever invented those machines to make the plywood is a genius.

    • @ShaolinLao
      @ShaolinLao 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah I agree, they're a genius.

    • @championshipworldwrestling2740
      @championshipworldwrestling2740 3 роки тому +3

      I wonder how did they do it.

    • @saiyangine9306
      @saiyangine9306 3 роки тому +4

      Your answer is proven true. The absolute mind power to construct machinery to make a material it-self is a mystery to the blueprint of the machine that remains in that genius mind.

    • @championshipworldwrestling2740
      @championshipworldwrestling2740 3 роки тому +3

      Must ask Weinstein how they did it

    • @saiyangine9306
      @saiyangine9306 3 роки тому +4

      @@championshipworldwrestling2740 Weinstein could call himself a so called master, but, the only achievement he made was having his name known as loco to all public.

  • @johnjerrehian4642
    @johnjerrehian4642 3 роки тому +27

    The capital expenditure to build such a factory must be huge! Amazing how this is all controlled and throughout the process.

    • @glasslinger
      @glasslinger 3 роки тому +5

      Got to tax the hell out of those billionaires! What? There will not be any sources of that capital? OH NO! But hordes of homeless will have fat EBT cards!

    • @nemideergoon1844
      @nemideergoon1844 3 роки тому +4

      The one in grayling Michigan built over 2017-2019 was a 600 million dollar project. It's a particle board plant. The maintenance is what blows my mind.

    • @kevincrosby1760
      @kevincrosby1760 3 роки тому +2

      @@glasslinger Who is John Galt?
      "Going Galt" means recognizing that the needs of others do not give them a claim to your time, effort, and achievements. "Going Galt" means shrugging off unearned guilt, refusing to support your own destroyers, refusing to give them what Ayn Rand termed "the sanction of the victim.".

    • @mikep3813
      @mikep3813 3 роки тому +5

      No wonder plywood costs $100 a sheet

    • @bruceb3786
      @bruceb3786 3 роки тому

      @@nemideergoon1844 , OMG, agreed on the maintenance. can you imagine ?? must be a forever F nightmare.

  • @Ikbeneengeit
    @Ikbeneengeit 2 роки тому +3

    Really cool. One question: since all the sheets are rectangular and laid atop each other, won't all the grains be in the same direction, leading to a weak product?

    • @griznatle
      @griznatle 10 місяців тому

      Good observation. Funny enough plywood has a directionality. There are markings on the plywood that detail the strength when installed one way vs another.
      The engineer will detail which way they want the plywood.
      The engineer can also call out "cross band", a much more expensive product because of the extra steps. Each layer is perpendicular to the next.
      Normally crossband is used in floor diaphram construction, as the forces acting on the floor are symmetrical.

  • @johndoyle4723
    @johndoyle4723 3 роки тому +66

    Thanks, you have to admire the Engineers who design and build these machines. I would not like the job of maintenance manager.
    Thanks for the factory tour.

    • @emmgeevideo
      @emmgeevideo 3 роки тому +2

      I was thing that exact thing. Lots of dirty, gooey stuff in that factory.

    • @jamescricketson9464
      @jamescricketson9464 3 роки тому +1

      I was thinking of you're in there doing maintenance and it turns on you're instantly dead

    • @emmgeevideo
      @emmgeevideo 3 роки тому +1

      @Peter Evans The implication is that the end-purchaser is getting ripped off. Let’s be fair here. The cost of goods sold (wood + manufacturing costs) is only part of the equation. The manufacturer has storage costs (building, staff, sales, etc.). They sell to at least one other level of distribution for a smaller price than you’ve quoted. The channel participant has their storage, transportation, employee and other costs. This level of channel participant sells at a wholesale price to a retailer. The retailer charges the exorbitant price to the end-purchaser and hopefully makes a profit after their brick-and-mortar costs, employees, advertising, etc.
      You also haven’t mentioned that there is more than one plywood manufacturing company in the world. If Plywood Company A sells their product at too high of a price, either because they are terrible people or because they are covering inefficient manufacturing costs, then Plywood Company B will do its best to sell products of similar or better quality at lower prices.
      I think the retail price is more reasonable than you imply.

    • @emmgeevideo
      @emmgeevideo 3 роки тому

      @Peter Evans you should have said that the first time.

    • @emmgeevideo
      @emmgeevideo 3 роки тому +1

      @Peter Evans This is pretty funny. When I read Internet comments that say unsubstantiated things I’m supposed to believe them if they “use numbers”? I’m supposed to believe they know more than I do? 87.4% of internet comments are just made up and 67% of internet commenters are full of bull. Do you believe me? Do I know more than you do? I used numbers didn’t I?

  • @ericyoung2919
    @ericyoung2919 3 роки тому +18

    So much goes into something we take for granted. Very grateful we have this technology.

    • @keithqueen3554
      @keithqueen3554 3 роки тому +1

      You would never believe what's involved to get your stove to light.🤪

    • @IanAlderige
      @IanAlderige 3 роки тому +1

      @@1953mr Then you'd be paying 5 times the price for houses.

    • @mrose4132
      @mrose4132 3 роки тому

      @@1953mr why waste the manpower? Why not release the human resource to sectors where they are needed and fewer advancements have been made? Jobs for the sake of jobs doesn’t improve an economy despite what your politician or fed chairman might say. Jobs are a metric of the economy, “creating” unnecessary jobs is a waste of human capital. It may improve the lot for that individual, but it makes society as a whole poorer.

  • @ihtfp69
    @ihtfp69 3 роки тому +32

    Where do they insert the gold and diamond dust? I missed that part.

  • @xugefu
    @xugefu Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @shanksta81
    @shanksta81 3 роки тому +163

    I didn’t see where the standard 4x8 sheets were being made. Looked like they just turned them all into LVL’s

    • @davidtelllez2876
      @davidtelllez2876 3 роки тому +12

      I was going to say 6:30-7:30 but than realized the standard plywood around here is 1/4-3/4"inches those looked like 2-3" full inches thick 🤨 wth?

    • @eliscarthevenin3323
      @eliscarthevenin3323 3 роки тому +1

      They are not regular sized

    • @pjotrtje0NL
      @pjotrtje0NL 3 роки тому +3

      I now see that even in (some?) metric countries, we’re actually still using feet here: our plywood (for household use) comes in sheets sized 122cm x 244cm. And that is 4ft x 8ft… What a wonderful insight on a Sunday morning.

    • @bunnywarren
      @bunnywarren 3 роки тому +6

      @@pjotrtje0NL in the UK the plywood comes in sheets 122cm x 244cm but plasterboard sheets are 120cm x 240cm since studs are normally at 60cm spacings. Caught my neighbour out when he put the studs in and had to remove 2cm from the long side of every plywood sheet.

    • @sergiosuastes8527
      @sergiosuastes8527 3 роки тому

      was thinking the same

  • @monalisahota
    @monalisahota 3 роки тому +6

    Amazing!!! How marvelous that the entire process is automated.
    If they are painted yellow, how do we up buying natural color plywood on stores?

    • @francom6230
      @francom6230 3 роки тому +1

      Gotta be a "fire grade" product

    • @bikeny
      @bikeny 3 роки тому

      @@francom6230 I really wish I had read a few more comments to get to yours before asking that same question. Thank you.

  • @stevendobson9626
    @stevendobson9626 3 роки тому +7

    Great stuff! What is the purpose of the yellow paint? Is it just for branding?

  • @RCSTILE
    @RCSTILE 6 місяців тому

    The engineering required to manufacture any of these mass produced products, regardless of what they are, is simply amazing.

  • @justinaffleck1033
    @justinaffleck1033 3 роки тому +77

    Who ever calibered that saw to the speed of the conveyor at the final cut nice freakin job buddy

    • @silverdrillpickle7596
      @silverdrillpickle7596 3 роки тому +4

      You got that right
      👍

    • @riolu7646
      @riolu7646 3 роки тому +8

      I think his name is Steve

    • @austinnasset288
      @austinnasset288 3 роки тому +4

      No kidding. I was like... what the hell? Am I seeing this right? I watched it twice

    • @tigerbatman7881
      @tigerbatman7881 3 роки тому +1

      Steve Dave is one to credit there

  • @stangitfive0
    @stangitfive0 3 роки тому +155

    "I can make you a machine that paints the last edge of the stacked plywood"
    Owner: "No, my son needs a job. Just go give him a paint roller"

    • @moonarama9615
      @moonarama9615 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂

    • @gringosnasamericas8056
      @gringosnasamericas8056 3 роки тому +8

      The best one was the guy just sitting there with a compressed air gun spraying the sheets coming out of the machine. That's literally his career.

    • @jacobbieker8874
      @jacobbieker8874 3 роки тому +3

      Rolling marks by hand is a quality control issue. Mills are very poorly insulated and typically hot, so you run the risk of paint explosions and leakage

    • @tudo8412
      @tudo8412 3 роки тому +1

      😆😂🤣 👍

    • @luisaullrich7721
      @luisaullrich7721 3 роки тому

      It's scary

  • @fakhrulhasan4789
    @fakhrulhasan4789 3 роки тому +11

    Amazing! The real crisp thing is the original sound in the video.

  • @russellnoyes4554
    @russellnoyes4554 Рік тому +5

    I worked for a plywood plant in Texas in the mid 80's. I was out in the log yard and would switch from swing saws to barkers. One of the best jobs I've ever had :) Hard work but fun!

    • @makin_eng
      @makin_eng 7 місяців тому

      That’s so cool 😎

  • @jamesadkins9023
    @jamesadkins9023 3 роки тому +12

    Pretty slick. The machinery amazes me.

  • @thearc8906
    @thearc8906 3 роки тому +9

    That's fantastic! The big concern with plywood lately seems to be the glues. You could leave old sheets of plywood out in the rain for months and they'd hold up surprisingly well. Newer plywood and OSB are said to swell up and delaminate. Is this the result of an EPA regulation?

    • @MrKen-wy5dk
      @MrKen-wy5dk 3 роки тому +2

      Chinese efficiency.

    • @JeffMTX
      @JeffMTX 2 роки тому

      probably

    • @SRBrown9032
      @SRBrown9032 2 роки тому

      Back in the day more glue was used than necessary, causing outgassing of formaldehyde from the plywood sheets (a known carcinogen) for months or even years. Regulation mainly mandated running a tighter manufacturing process resulting in much less outgassing after installation.

  • @FormostPanda
    @FormostPanda 3 роки тому +6

    I got to tour a plywood plant in person. Amazing machinery that has to all work together to get out a quality product. Truly a feat of engineering.

    • @dgronzega8073
      @dgronzega8073 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, i went on one in central CA. Lots smaller, more hand work too. They made walnut and other hardwood veneered sheets. Unbelievably loud.

  • @jamesbailey5218
    @jamesbailey5218 Рік тому +2

    Neatest thing i ever watched. Thanks. I am 66 years old. Been in construction all my life. Never new

  • @techoutsider2801
    @techoutsider2801 3 роки тому +63

    Did my engineering internship at a mill exactly like this. Seeing the process in person is amazing

    • @revere0311
      @revere0311 3 роки тому

      What’s the maintenance like? How’s the reliability of the machines

    • @TimSavage-drummer
      @TimSavage-drummer 3 роки тому

      One of my first jobs was doing IT work in a sawmill and production operation, totally agree the amount of process engineering that goes into one of those setups and keeping it all running is amazing. Modern sawmills are full of impressive engineering.

    • @littleshadow2707
      @littleshadow2707 3 роки тому

      @Tech Outsider: That's awesome and congratulations!

    • @techoutsider2801
      @techoutsider2801 3 роки тому +3

      @@revere0311 honestly the reliability of them is pretty decent. Yeah you had down time for broken parts but that’s expected. With a solid preventative maintenance schedule and a good team running them it can do wonders

    • @Mastersargent1000
      @Mastersargent1000 3 роки тому +1

      @@revere0311 bad

  • @robertcraig156
    @robertcraig156 3 роки тому +16

    Thats cool, i worked at a sawmill in the late 60s, we made just different size boards. I liked working there plus i could operate every different saw, my favorite was the chipper.

    • @Lozzie74
      @Lozzie74 3 роки тому +1

      @@ObscureStuff420 LOL! I came here to comment same 🤣

    • @user-ms5ns1dt7f
      @user-ms5ns1dt7f 3 роки тому

      Bruuuuhbbh

  • @AWSmith1955
    @AWSmith1955 3 роки тому +105

    That's laminated veneer lumber , not plywood, Plywood has alternating grain layers, LVL's do not.

    • @sanderd17
      @sanderd17 3 роки тому +11

      Ah, I wondered where I missed the rotating step.
      Also, why do they paint it yellow? I thought the top veneer of the plywood was the most important one. Or does this serve other purposes?

    • @Common_Sense_fan
      @Common_Sense_fan 3 роки тому +2

      Once I saw the ending part I started thinking thesame thing

    • @captainyoby9128
      @captainyoby9128 3 роки тому

      @@sanderd17 I think it’s painted to act as a sealer.

    • @stallionranchwoodworks
      @stallionranchwoodworks 3 роки тому

      Says who??

    • @justincameron9123
      @justincameron9123 3 роки тому +1

      I figure plywood also isnt coated in yellow paint

  • @rhkt
    @rhkt Місяць тому

    Thank You. This really helps me understand the high cost of plywood.

  • @danieljoyce2426
    @danieljoyce2426 3 роки тому +24

    very interesting and educational. Thank you. The part I'll like best is when all lumber becomes affordable by normal humans because now it isn't.

    • @bigwilson2303
      @bigwilson2303 3 роки тому

      Cabinet grade 3/4 4x8 sheet only 59.00 at lowes

    • @joegilly1523
      @joegilly1523 3 роки тому +5

      OSB 4x8 was $55 a few weeks ago . It’s coming down slowly . It was $24 a sheet a year and a half ago . Had a new roof put on,glad I had it done then. Everything is over priced now

    • @theone81eddie30
      @theone81eddie30 3 роки тому

      @Andrew lol

    • @crabtrap
      @crabtrap 3 роки тому +1

      @Andrew the trees were planted to havest u dope. Fast growing pines. As for meat, humans evolved as meat eaters. U cant act like u care about nature, then say 'nature isnt doing it right!"

  • @Madskillzpb
    @Madskillzpb 3 роки тому +158

    Dude listening to slipknot in the mill. Legendary.

  • @emilgilels
    @emilgilels 3 роки тому +9

    I have no one favorite part of the process: the whole thing is amazing!

  • @SJR_Media_Group
    @SJR_Media_Group 2 роки тому +3

    Plywood is an amazing product. It's light, dimensional stable, and very strong. New processes and adhesives make a good product, a great product. I was confused on one thing. I had always thought that during layup, individual veneers are stacked with alternate direction of grain. For example, grain up / down first, left / right second, up / down, third and so on. Looks like all 4 x 8 sheets of veneer have grain running in same direction. Its different layers with glue where the strength comes from.

  • @_xparadoxical8746
    @_xparadoxical8746 3 роки тому +21

    Love that the dude was listening to slipknot, what a legend

  • @valentinodelaroma4560
    @valentinodelaroma4560 3 роки тому +8

    Plywood was invented a long time ago,we are only amazed now how it is done.very very good technology

  • @ethanlamoureux5306
    @ethanlamoureux5306 3 роки тому +13

    I used to work in a plywood factory. Ours was a much smaller operation, and we didn’t process the logs into veneer, instead we got the veneer by truck from a separate plant. So our process started with the stacks of wet veneer being fed into the dryer. When they came out they went thru the moisture detector, and anything too wet got a red paint stripe and had to go thru the dryer again. They then went down a conveyor where they were inspected (my job) and put into different stacks depending on grade. From there all the pieces less than 4 feet wide (random widths but still 8 feet long) would be cut in half into 4 foot lengths for making core, which runs crossways to the 4x8 stack. The core veneer then went to the glue spreader, which had rubber rollers coated with glue that would coat both sides of the core veneer. The veneer was manually fed into the spreader and manually caught on the other side and manually laid up in a stack between 4x8 full sheets, as many layers as necessary to get the necessary thickness. The guys doing the layup process were amazingly fast and got paid bonuses for production. After layup, the stacks of assembled veneer went to the hot press where they were inserted into slots by 2 guys on an elevator platform with pusher sticks. Once all slots were full, the press was started. It would clamp down at full pressure and hold it for so many minutes before releasing, then the press operators would push the plywood out the back of the press and load the next batch. The stack of plywood then was taken to the cooling area where it was left for hours to cool down. After cooling, it went to the saw line where each board was planed to the correct thickness and trimmed to exact dimensions. Finally it got a stamp showing where it came from and what shift made it and then stacked, banded and stored in the warehouse ready for shipping. This was not finish grade plywood so it didn’t have to have knots patched or anything like that.

    • @spencerferrier3857
      @spencerferrier3857 3 роки тому +1

      I work at a plywood mill currently. Our system is similar to your experience, except for a few things.
      We do peel our own veneer on site, and clip strip core out of the ribbons as well as sheets.
      Our glue set-up is different, using cascading glue heads.
      We only have 1 press operator per shift. Lucky me (swing Press Op).
      And we trim the pressed panels hot, straight out of the presses. Go through the saw line to be sorted into CDX, TruPly, dunnage, Shop, etc., then to the strapper, stenciler, and doubler.

    • @gobdeep
      @gobdeep 3 роки тому +1

      What happens to all the excess that is trimmed off?

    • @someshrathi9268
      @someshrathi9268 3 роки тому +1

      @@gobdeep all the big pieces are used by patching them together to form a 8x4 sheet. And the small pieces are used as fuel.

    • @ethanlamoureux5306
      @ethanlamoureux5306 3 роки тому

      @@spencerferrier3857 Do you have to load the press by hand, or is that automated? The press where I worked could be operated by one man, but it was not easy! They may have done the trimming on hot boards where I worked, just not when I was there. The saw line only ran during the day shift, so the afternoon and night shift production got stacked up until the next day. The saw line was highly automated with a single operator and could keep up with the 24 hour production in only 1 shift.

    • @ethanlamoureux5306
      @ethanlamoureux5306 3 роки тому +1

      @@gobdeep Where I worked the excess was chipped and shipped off-site, I’m not sure where. Some plants use the waste to fire a steam boiler for heating the dryer and/or hot press.

  • @jaytoser5212
    @jaytoser5212 2 роки тому +1

    Greetings. Just a question. When I work with plywood, I see that every other layer, the grain is flipped 90 degrees. This certainly adds to the strength of the plywood. But I didn't see any part of the assembly which flipped / twisted the veneers to create the most strong plywood.

  • @robertdavey319
    @robertdavey319 3 роки тому +7

    Wow what an amazing process, all respect to the companies that fund and set up this incredible system

    • @gedofgont
      @gedofgont 3 роки тому

      you make it sound downright benevolent.

    • @robertdavey319
      @robertdavey319 3 роки тому

      @@gedofgont well they would have to be very successful to cover the risk and cost of this huge process setup

    • @philipstang2559
      @philipstang2559 3 роки тому

      .,

  • @phillhuddleston9445
    @phillhuddleston9445 3 роки тому +42

    Judging by the current prices I would have guessed it was made from ancient and rare trees that went extinct a century ago.

    • @jorgesalgado3646
      @jorgesalgado3646 3 роки тому +3

      The trees are rare... Just not ancient anymore.

    • @RifullOfTheWest
      @RifullOfTheWest 3 роки тому +2

      @@jorgesalgado3646 trees are not rare lol. Come to the eastern side of the US, or go to Canada. Enough trees to build several billion mansions for the entire world population.

    • @pimcramer2569
      @pimcramer2569 3 роки тому +1

      Well they are getting rarer, were cutting down faster then they can grow.

    • @smudent2010
      @smudent2010 3 роки тому

      @@pimcramer2569 if you look deeper into it you'd find that companies who cut down trees plant double the amount and do it in a way that promotes fast regeneration of forests

    • @JamesFlemng
      @JamesFlemng 3 роки тому

      @@pimcramer2569 Clueless democrat.

  • @jethromendoza865
    @jethromendoza865 3 роки тому +5

    Really amazing! Does anyone know why they are painted yellow at the end?

  • @dberman5
    @dberman5 Рік тому +3

    7:03 the rolling blade cutting perfectly perpendicular lines while the wood is still in motion also impresses me

  • @elkabong6429
    @elkabong6429 3 роки тому +9

    Never did wonder, but once you asked the question, I watched the video all the way through! I love “behind the scenes” videos of how things work and are made! Thanks!

  • @timm2020
    @timm2020 3 роки тому +56

    Well can they now lower the price back to normal.

    • @madteyahoo
      @madteyahoo 3 роки тому +2

      @ Tim its almost 70 dollars for a piece of plywood here in Vegas

    • @ToddMelville
      @ToddMelville 3 роки тому

      @@madteyahoo
      $70 U.S!? Holy Crap. I'm assuming you're talking about 1/2"...

    • @brikshoe6259
      @brikshoe6259 3 роки тому

      @@madteyahoo That's about what I paid for 5/8 in the Midwest a week ago.

    • @40intrek
      @40intrek 3 роки тому

      I paid $67 for a sheet of 3/4 maple ply while the 3/4 sob was at $73.??? Figure that one out????

    • @jefflinnell8492
      @jefflinnell8492 3 роки тому

      @@40intrek maple plywood isn't in demand .the suppliers had plenty if that left from before the pandemic .

  • @robertsalido1232
    @robertsalido1232 3 роки тому +5

    That was awesome. Can't say enough about technology and how it's used to better humanity.

    • @ryanbrandnu7660
      @ryanbrandnu7660 3 роки тому +2

      Could make things better. Technology will be humanity's downfall

  • @MrMannyboy329
    @MrMannyboy329 Рік тому

    The real genius behind this process is the designers of these machines, just remarkable.

  • @KahanisGoldenBytes
    @KahanisGoldenBytes 3 роки тому +5

    That's a mega operation ! With such a large amount of machinery and with even larger number of moving parts, I wonder how complex the upkeep/maintenance of it would be....That would make for an interesting watch too...

    • @Runefrag
      @Runefrag 3 роки тому +3

      Not as interesting as you think. It's a routine of changing X and Y parts and/or sharpening blades every Z hours of operation.

  • @RichardHilverts
    @RichardHilverts 3 роки тому +5

    The amount of maintenance at that dryer is crazy with all those chains and sprockets. Great to see.

    • @trevronwithtechron
      @trevronwithtechron 3 роки тому +1

      That almost made me uneasy to imagine working on it.

  • @Larita334
    @Larita334 3 роки тому +64

    "So what do you do for a living?" "Well, you know the yellow paint on the end of a plywood stack at Lowes and Home Depot..." 😂

    • @NumquamDeorsum
      @NumquamDeorsum 3 роки тому +7

      "I'm the guy that supervises the painter"

    • @Larita334
      @Larita334 3 роки тому +4

      @@NumquamDeorsum So were you hired in, or was it 🪜 a “ladderal” move🪜 🎨🤣🤣🤣🥰🥰🙃!!!

    • @anthonyanth8368
      @anthonyanth8368 3 роки тому +1

      @@Larita334 i saw what you did there kkkk

  • @PH-md8xp
    @PH-md8xp 12 днів тому +1

    What a process! Always fascinating to see how things are made. Heavy industrial engineering went into all those machines.

  • @affliction1979
    @affliction1979 3 роки тому +41

    Could you imagine the catastrophic kickback potential within the slasher platform?

  • @coachwilson5967
    @coachwilson5967 3 роки тому +17

    Now if they would lower their prices back to Jan 2020 I could finish building my house!

    • @GeorgiaRidgerunner
      @GeorgiaRidgerunner 3 роки тому +1

      Well sure but interest rates is on the rise. So be prepared for a recession

    • @coachwilson5967
      @coachwilson5967 3 роки тому

      @@ezicarus8216 I watch the Lumber price every day. Down near $500/kbf now but yards and big boxers still are sitting on high price inventory. I'll probably buy end of the month..

    • @GeorgiaRidgerunner
      @GeorgiaRidgerunner 3 роки тому

      @@coachwilson5967 i wonder how inflation is gonna effect lumber prices

  • @goaheadmakemyday9859
    @goaheadmakemyday9859 3 роки тому +16

    what I'd like to see is the clean-up of each machine and the maintenance.

    • @zggtf211
      @zggtf211 3 роки тому +7

      Maintenance? Ha! The only time they see that is when they break!

    • @Protein33
      @Protein33 3 роки тому

      No maintenance they would lose too much money these are run 24-7 believe me.

    • @goaheadmakemyday9859
      @goaheadmakemyday9859 3 роки тому

      @@Protein33 everything needs maintenance cause, nothing lasts forever, like the human body so to keep it running as long as it can every once in a while they have to turn that machine off someone comes in and look things over. ''QUE NO!".

    • @goaheadmakemyday9859
      @goaheadmakemyday9859 3 роки тому

      @@zggtf211 No one wants to pay for a new machine so, you fix what's broken just like a car just because you blew the radiator or flatten a tire, doesn't mean you're going to buy a new car or new machine especially how things are right now.

    • @Protein33
      @Protein33 3 роки тому

      @@goaheadmakemyday9859 yes but not as you would think, I worked were insulation fiber glass pallets were made and we would run just two shifts of 12 hour each shift, my was from 6 pm until 6 am then day shift would keep running the machine. The only down time was when the machine would change the size dimensions of the boards how thick the customer wanted and we would add wood in between the fiber glass. The only day the machine would be turned off was a Sunday or for cleaning other than that it would run non stop.

  • @oxyfee6486
    @oxyfee6486 Рік тому

    I was a painter for Timberjack, later bought by John Deere, I painted forest equipment for almost twenty years, it’s incredible the things humans can manufacture, Engineers are the unsung heroes behind these incredible machines.

  • @Mercatoyd
    @Mercatoyd 3 роки тому +13

    This was an awesome video as I have always been interested in "wood" and desire to have this type of operation simulated on my model RxR. This will help me decide how to arrange the buildings and for what purpose. I'll probably watch this video many times. Thank you for sharing.

  • @onlybugwit
    @onlybugwit 3 роки тому +6

    Who designs these machines ?
    AMAZING 😄

  • @RUFU58
    @RUFU58 3 роки тому +13

    These types of machines always absolutely fascinate me! Really impressive how people come up with the idea for them and put it all together! Way beyond my skill set but still awesome 😆

    • @4thegloryofthelord
      @4thegloryofthelord 3 роки тому

      They’re more impressive to me than the plywood getting made!

    • @bcatypical
      @bcatypical 3 роки тому +1

      That's what makes it awesome!

  • @seamless007
    @seamless007 14 днів тому

    I was a new guy working construction in Wisconsin 20 odd years ago and I'd see these pallets of plywood still almost steaming going onto a house, hot to the touch in winter. Amazing how fast they go from standing trees to installed in houses.

  • @LeesReviews69
    @LeesReviews69 3 роки тому +16

    This is one of those factories that you get your hand caught on something you’re freaking tortured before you die, like poured hot glue onto then squished like a pancake

    • @Fanboy101Productions
      @Fanboy101Productions 3 роки тому +2

      Main thing to remember in a place like this is don’t put your hands where you wouldn’t put your nuts and if the machine starts fighting you let it win because it will

    • @cardo718
      @cardo718 3 роки тому

      Lee, in the early 1990s in the town of Scotia, Humboldt County California, which is on the Pacific Coast. 3 men were killed in a saw mill accident. They climbed onto a large hopper for de-barking logs. Another worker walked by and noticed that the power was shut off and he turned on the switch. Two if the men killed were related, father-in-law and son-in-law.

    • @Zorlac_Jones
      @Zorlac_Jones 3 роки тому

      @@cardo718 Ummm lock out tag out anyone? Guy I know saw a guy go though a wood chipper when he was s a kid. Sprayed the guy right into the pile of chips.

    • @dododadabi2225
      @dododadabi2225 3 роки тому

      @@cardo718 ah fk... I didn't need that image and actual guilt feeling that I can empathize now, before sleeping. Even though I often watch horror movies before going to bed (fun)

  • @Packer1290
    @Packer1290 3 роки тому +18

    I always thought they alternated the direction of the grain as they stacked them, but according to this they don't.

    • @Cous1nJack
      @Cous1nJack 3 роки тому

      Seems not. If they are all 8x4 they can’t be 90deg

    • @peterhickey1218
      @peterhickey1218 23 дні тому

      @@Cous1nJack I thought the same thing myself. Maybe the plywood sheets were intended for a single directional loading.

  • @zangetsudx1
    @zangetsudx1 Рік тому

    I'd like to thank all the men like myself who keeps this world turning. The convenience of life that we have created is amazing.

  • @NoNopeAndNo
    @NoNopeAndNo 3 роки тому +10

    All the amazing automated stations ending with Barry & his trusty paint roller 😅👍

    • @Charles-mv7sv
      @Charles-mv7sv 3 роки тому +1

      If a robot is about to replace you. Just throw a net at it. Robots hate nets. They can't figure out how to get it off.😂😂😂

  • @juandavidc.6915
    @juandavidc.6915 3 роки тому +47

    7:42
    Vandalism of the workers caricaturing the supervisor

  • @danielsharon524
    @danielsharon524 3 роки тому +5

    Crazy amount/cost of processing equipment required & to keep running. Makes plywood seem not so expensive.

  • @jobaytube
    @jobaytube 2 роки тому

    salute to those people who created these machines.
    looks like the whole logs can be turned to a plywood in a single day.

  • @redsoxvette
    @redsoxvette 3 роки тому +30

    That truck was carrying like 500 million dollars of plywood, with the 2021 prices 🥲😂

    • @TSemasFl
      @TSemasFl 3 роки тому +1

      And to knock off a plywood truck is easier than a Brinks truck.

    • @benteich
      @benteich 3 роки тому

      Do I sense a plan forming? I want in 😆

    • @redsoxvette
      @redsoxvette 3 роки тому +3

      @@benteich Oceans 4 x 8’s

    • @benteich
      @benteich 3 роки тому

      @@redsoxvette love the name. Haha. we build a lot of barns, so if we can grab a truck full of 2x4s and 2x6s, that would be great, as those are ones we use a ton of.

    • @whocares.20
      @whocares.20 3 роки тому

      Ya, and all will sit on shelves. TILL THE BASTARDS LOWER THE GOD DAMN PRICES OF WOOD !!!! DO NOT BUY WOOD RIGHT NOW TILL THEY LOWER PRICES !!!