plus a drop which is at least six inches long the drop may then be used in subsequent planks in a preferred embodiment however the forming process is continuous rather than requiring an individual to separately form each plank a plurality of individual boards are joined together as described above to produce a long continuous plank this long plank may be of any length greater than a single desired plank but is generally preferred to be at least twice the desired plank length it is particularly preferred that the long uncut plank be formed to provide an integral number of the desired planks for instance if a uniform 5 foot long plank is desired boards can be joined to form a single long plank of 10 15 or 20 feet this long plank may then be cut into 2 3 or 4 individual planks respectively the saw cutting the long plank into individual planks is desirably a travelling saw which is known in the art and need not be discussed further here such a saw may be fed with a continuous supply of long planks or a single very long plank and will automatically produce planks of uniform length this automated process will further reduce labor costs the present process produces planks of reproducible and uniform length these planks may then be easily assembled into sets for uniform packaging each set having the.