A short bike ride west of here, over in lil' ol' Pullman, is a company called Metriguard. They make machinery for testing wood. Maybe we'll do a field trip or something over there - if there is some interest. A buddy of mine works there - he could probably arrange something.
Link is ... http://www.metriguard.com/
Generally I specify visually graded lumber ... on only one or two occasions have I spec'd MSR/MEL ...
