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Greyish-brown in colour and slightly darker than the other species. This timber which remains consistently popular. Generally straight grained and coarse but even textured. weighs 670 kg/m³ (35 lb/ft³); specific gravity is .56.
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This timber remains consistently popular.
Durability:
Ash is non-durable and perishable. The sapwood is liable to attack by powder post and the common furniture beetle; the heartwood is moderately resistant to preservative treatment; the sapwood is permeable. American Ash is a strong wood with notable shock resistance.
Mechanical Properties:
Timber bending properties are variable, but generally very good, although not tolerant of pin knots in steam bending. The wood has good strength, elasticity, toughness, stiffness and hardness qualities allied to its relatively light weight. Excellent shock resistance (see footnote).
Seasoning:
The timber dries fairly rapidly with little degrade, and small movement in service.
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Greyish-brown in colour and slightly darker than the other species. This timber which remains consistently popular. Generally straight grained and coarse but even textured. weighs 670 kg/m³ (35 lb/ft³); specific gravity is .56.
Latin Name | Fraxinus Americana, L |
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Family Name | Oleaceae |
Distribution | USA and Canada |
Also know as | black ash, brown ash (USA) |
Hard maple is strong, heavy, hard, straight-grained and fine textured. The heartwood is light reddish-brown with deeper-coloured late-wood bands. The sapwood is white in colour, and furnishes the white maple prized for certain uses. It differs mainly from the soft maples in its greater density and firmer texture.
White Oak varies in colour from pale yellow-brown to biscuit with a pinkish tint, similar to European oak. Straight grain, with the characteristic silver grain on quartered material. Appalachian oak is slow grown producing light weight, mild wood, but southern states produce fast grown oak with wide growth rings, and a harder, tougher timber. Medium to coarse textured. Weight averages 760 kg/m³ (47 lb/ft³); specific gravity .76.
Cherry's heartwood varies from rich red to reddish-brown, with a fine, straight, close grain with narrow brown pith flecks and small gum pockets, and with a smooth texture. Weighs about 580 kg/m³ (36 lb/ft³); specific gravity .58.
Red Oak's heartwood resembles other oaks with a biscuit to pink colour, but has a reddish tinge. Mostly straight grained and coarse textured, with a less attractive figure than white oak due to smaller rays. Southern red oak has a more rapid growth than northern red oak and is harder, heavier and coarser textured. Weight about 770 kg/m³ (48 lb/ft³); specific gravity .77.
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