Tech From Here: NL · Sources
Why plywood takes a screw near the edge
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
Other sources
- Forest Products Laboratory, "Wood handbook: wood as an engineering material", General Technical Report FPL-GTR-282, US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, March (excerpt) research.fs.usda.gov
- Dutch Design Week, "The Purple Show" (programme page, archived), Dutch Design Week 2026 ddw.nl
- J. Gordon Betts et al., "6.3 Bone Structure", Anatomy and Physiology 2e, OpenStax, 2022 openstax.org
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A person drives a screw with a pink cordless drill into a pale wooden sheet, a jar of screws on the concrete floor and a pink E39 sign behindPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 2
- A person crouches with a pink drill beside pale wooden legs, with screws, hooks and a glass jar on a gray concrete floorPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 3
- Two people work on a pale wood panel; one leans over it with a pink drill, the other holds the top edge steadyPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 4
- A kneeling person drills into a tall pale wood panel while a second person in wide jeans holds it uprightPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 5
- A hand holds a small camera with a flip screen, filming two people fitting a pale wooden sign beside a pink E39 signPhoto: RN Collins
- Ring frame
- Plane from the wreck of the East Indiaman Hollandia (NG-1979-235-H-2234)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record