METHOD OF PRODUCING COMPRESSED WOOD PRODUCT

A method is provided of manufacturing, without increasing the number of processes, a compressed wood product in such a way that water can be prevented from entering through an end surface of a wooden piece that is cut after being compressed. For this purpose, the method includes a compression step for applying a compressive force to a blank piece (2), which is cut out from raw wood and has a predetermined shape, by sandwiching the blank piece with a pair of metal molds (11, 12); and a division step for dividing a blank piece (3) that is compressed at the compression step into a plurality of portions by cutting, wherein the compression rate, at the compression step, of an area of the blank piece (3) corresponding to the boundary of portions (4, 5) divided at the division step is higher than the compression rates, at the compression step, of the other areas of the blank piece, and the width of the boundary is larger than the cut width that is obtained when the blank piece is cut at the division step.