The end-product is what it is all about. And the endproduct — “Customwood" — is a high-quality product. You only have to see how neatly and accurately the fi-nely-machined sheets of “Customwood’” stack. to know that this is a product, that meets all its specifications. '“Customwood’, the com-l pany says, “compares' favourably with particle board in all respects, and is considerably better in screw holding, internal bond, edge machineability, and thickness swelling ... it also has greater dimensional stability, and improved characteristics| when planed, moulded, of otherwise machined." For those preferring the natural grain look of wood ! ■‘Customwood’’ is also avail-; ible in natural wood-grained extured sidings. Several companies in New Zealand are making fine furliture based on Customwood is a raw material.
The pictures on this page .show the machining of the end-product, laboratory technician Grant Malzard ready to test a slab of “Customwood’’, and production manager Murray Sturgeon next to a stack of sheets ready for shipment.
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