Fagus grandifolia.
Reddish-brown heartwood with thin white sapwood and straight-grained pattern. A hard, strong, close-grained wood that is easy to paint, stain or bleach.
General Information
Uses | Availability | Price |
Furniture, flooring, handles, woodenware, bending stock and toys. | Limited as lumber and veneer. | Moderate to valuable. |
Relative Working Properties
Machining | Resistance to splitting in nailing | Resistance to splitting in screwing | Gluing |
Excellent | Fair | Fair | Good |
Physical Properties
Specific gravity (12% m.c.) | Average shipping weight kilograms (kg) per cubic metre (m3) air dry | Average volumetric shrinkage (oven dry % of green) | Modulus of rupture (kilopascals) | Modulus of elasticity (megapascals) | Side hardness (newtons) |
0.64 | 610 | 17.2 | 103000 | 11900 | 5800 |