Q. We have been buying some quartersawn oak lumber and it seems to be thinner than the lumber we have been buying. The supplier says that is normal. True or false?

Frank Miller Lumber, a manufacturer of quartersawn and plainsawn hardwoods, has acquired USA Woods International Inc., a Memphis-based wholesale American hardwood lumber exporter.

This month, Dan Hackett, CEO and president of Frank Miller Lumber, and Criswell Davis, architectural marketing manager at Frank Miller, will embark on an international trade mission, covering markets in Singapore, Australia and Japan.