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

 

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