Properties and Uses of Hardwoods
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- Created on: 04-11-12 11:01
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- Properties and Uses of Hardwood.
- Beech
- close grained, hard, tough, strong, warps easily
- Furniture, toys, tool handles
- Ash
- Light, creamy brown colour
- open grained, tough, flexible
- Sports equipment, wooden ladders, tool handles
- Oak
- light brown colour
- strong, hard, tough, open grained, corrodes steel screws and fittings
- Interior woodwork, good quality furniture
- Elm
- Light to medium brown colour
- open and sometimes interlocking grain, tough, durable, resists splitting, durable to water
- Indoor and Outdoor furniture
- Mahogany
- Pink to reddish brown colour
- fairly strong, durable, some interlocking grain
- Good quality furniture
- Beech
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