Beech

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.

Use:
Furniture, flooring, handles, woodenware, bending stock and toys.

Availability: Limited.

Price:
Moderate.



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 17.2 103,000 11,900 5,800