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Location:
Eastern North America
Specific
Gravity:
0.55
Weight:
2.87 lb/bf, 550 kg/m3
Texture/Grain:
Medium, open
Pattern:
Straight and irregular
Hardness:
Medium
Strength:
Strong
Tangential
Stability:
7.8%
Radial
Stability:
5.5%
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Working with Hand
Tools:
Very Easy
Working with
Power Tools:
Very Easy
Gluing:
Good
Finishing:
Excellent
Uses:
Furniture, cabinets, musical instruments, gunstocks, veneer.
Comments:
Premium furniture wood, produces a wide variety of figured
grain, fairly easy to bend. Potential irritant. |
