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Location:
Eastern North America
Specific
Gravity:
0.39
Weight:
2.03 lb/bf, 390 kg/m3
Texture/Grain:
Fine, closed
Pattern:
Straight
Hardness:
Very Soft
Strength:
Very Weak
Tangential
Stability:
8.7%
Radial
Stability:
3.3%
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Working with Hand
Tools:
Very Easy
Working with
Power Tools:
Very Easy
Gluing:
Good
Finishing:
Excellent
Uses:
Boxes, toys, beehives, artificial limbs, wickerwork, baskets,
plywood, cricket bats.
Comments:
Resilient, flexible, difficult to fracture. Grain sometimes
shows "moiré" figure. Takes stain well. |
