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Western Red Alder’s heartwood is pale yellow to reddish-brown in colour. Fairly straight grained and of uniform texture; it shows a pleasing but subdued figure. Weight about 530 kg/m³ (33 lb/ft³); specific gravity .53.
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Fairly straight grained and of uniform texture; it shows a pleasing but subdued figure.
Durability:
The hardwood is perishable; liable to attack by common furniture beetle, but is permeable for preservation treatment.
Mechanical Properties:
This is a soft, weak timber of medium density, low bending strength and shock resistance, medium crushing strength and very low stiffness.
Seasoning:
Western Red Alder dries easily, fairly rapidly and well with negligible degrade and with little movement in service.
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Western Red Alder’s heartwood is pale yellow to reddish-brown in colour. Fairly straight grained and of uniform texture; it shows a pleasing but subdued figure. Weight about 530 kg/m³ (33 lb/ft³); specific gravity .53.
Latin Name | Alnus rubra |
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Family Name | Betulaceae |
Distribution | Pacific coast of Canada and USA |
Also know as | White ash, green ash (USA), red ash (Canada); black ash, brown ash (USA); Canadian ash (UK) |
Birds eye maple is strong, heavy, hard, 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. It has a distinctive pattern that resembles tiny, swirling eyes disrupting the smooth lines of grain.
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.
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.
American Walnut's heartwood is a rich dark brown to purplish-black, mostly straight grained, but with wavy or curly grain occasionally present. The texture is rather coarse. Weight averages 640 kg/m³ (40 lb/ft³); specific gravity .64.
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