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- Red
Oak Lumber
- The wood is hard and heavy, with medium bending
strength and stiffness and high crushing strength. It is very good for
steam bending. Great wear-resistance.
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White Oak Lumber
- White oak machines well, nails and screws well
although pre-boring is advised. Since it reacts with iron, galvanized
nails are recommended. Its adhesive properties are variable, but it
stains to a good finish. Can be stained with a wide range of finish
tones. The wood dries slowly.
- Cherry
- Cherry is easy to machine, nails and glues well
and when sanded and stained, it produces an excellent smooth finish. It
dries fairly quickly with moderately high shrinkage, but is
dimensionally stable after kiln-drying.
- Elm
- The wood of red elm is fairly easy to work, it
nails, screws and glues well, and can be sanded and stained to a good
finish. It dries well with minimum degrade and little movement in
performance.
- Walnut
- Walnut works easily with hand and machine tools,
and nails, screws and glues well. It holds paint and stain very well for
an exceptional finish and is readily polished. It dries slowly, and care
is needed to avoid kiln degrade. Walnut has good dimensional stability.
- Basswood
- Basswood machines well and is easy to work with
hand tools making it a premier carving wood. It nails, screws, and glues
fairly well and can be sanded and stained to a good smooth finish. It
dries fairly rapidly with little distortion or degrade. It has fairly
high shrinkage but good dimensional stability when dry.
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