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That's not just in Germany. We have several veneer mills who buy walnut and other trees from the military at nearby Camp Atterbury, Indiana. All of those trees have to be checked with metal detectors before they are sliced into veneer to avoid nicking the very expensive "knives" (actually a four foot blade sharpened to a razor edge) as the log rotates around it and slices off thin strips of veneer.
When they find metal, they use short handled axes and chop into the wood and locate either a bullet, shrapnel or even rusted barbed wire. This causes the veneer to basically have holes in it and the veneer goes into a cutting room where they salvage as much usable veneer as possible. They always have a bucket sitting around where they throw whatever they cut out. I've seen quite a few .50 cal. projectiles in those buckets through the years.
When they find metal, they use short handled axes and chop into the wood and locate either a bullet, shrapnel or even rusted barbed wire. This causes the veneer to basically have holes in it and the veneer goes into a cutting room where they salvage as much usable veneer as possible. They always have a bucket sitting around where they throw whatever they cut out. I've seen quite a few .50 cal. projectiles in those buckets through the years.
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