23 YEARS AGO.Cash in on the Booming Do-It-Yourself Market ALMOST NOBODY keeps figures on the demand for wood products from the do-it-yourselfer. But manufacturers and retailers agree to a man that it's a booming market. Earl Chandler, president and principal owner of Chandler Corp., Meridian Meridian (mərĭd`ēən), city (1990 pop. 41,036), seat of Lauderdale co., E Miss., near the Ala. line; settled 1831, inc. 1860. , ID, got into the DIY DIY abbr. do-it-yourself DIY or d.i.y. Brit, Austral & NZ do-it-yourself DIY abbr DIY do it yourself a DIY shop/job. market in the last few years cutting lumber lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to and plywood plywood, manufactured board composed of an odd number of thin sheets of wood glued together under pressure with grains of the successive layers at right angles. Laminated wood differs from plywood in that the grains of its sheets are parallel. to size for retail sale. Asked what advice he would give to those wanting to get in on the do-it-yourself market, Chandler replied, "I'd tell them to stay out so we can have it all to ourselves." |
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