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Easy Crate Manual
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Wood Box & Crating Terminology
You will probably never need to know most of this, but if you want to become a 'crate geek', here it is!
Crating Terminology
Popular Standards
These are NOT light reading, but if you are interested in stepping into commercial wood box manufacturing, (what we've been calling crating here) then this is a great start.
For more comprehensive standards, visit The Wooden Crates Organization
Note that although commonly used, these standards are formally retired. The 601 standard has been replaced by ASTM
D6251. The 621 standard has been replaced by ASTM D6256. To get all the latest on crating and relative standards order ASTM Volume 15.09