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Location:
Eastern North America
Specific
Gravity:
0.63
Weight:
3.28 lb/bf, 630 kg/m3
Texture/Grain:
Fine, closed
Pattern:
Straight and wavy
Hardness:
Hard
Strength:
Very Strong
Tangential
Stability:
9.3%
Radial
Stability:
4.8%
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Working with Hand
Tools:
Difficult
Working with
Power Tools:
Easy
Gluing:
Adequate
Finishing:
Excellent
Uses:
Furniture, chair parts, turnings, flooring, musical
instruments, cutting boards, toys.
Comments:
Premium furniture wood, particularly for surfaces that must
withstand wear. Decorative curly and bird's-eye figure common.
Easy to bend. |
