Hardwoods (A - B)
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Agathis
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Agathis australis
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Kauri, New Zealand kauri
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Description:
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Well who would have guessed? Obviously not me. Agathis is a conifer should be rightly displayed under our softwood headings. Our mistake.
Associated with New Zealand, it is most commercially available
from Australia, Fiji or Malaysia. When available much of it is second growth, clear and quarter sawn. Growth rings are not well-defined and in some cases not discernible. The wood is straight-grained, fine-textured and lustrous with little character or figure. Some have described this wood as “singularly uninteresting”. Agathis has a specific gravity of about .56 and weighs about 39 pounds per cubic foot at 12 percent moisture content; similar to Douglas fir.
Agathis has a worldwide reputation as a quality wood but like so many of the fine species throughout the world, it too has been used to near exhaustion. National policy in New Zealand prohibits felling old growth trees for timber production but does permit harvesting some second growth timber. Reforestation and regeneration are contributing much to the return of the great kauri forests.
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Size
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Price per Bfm
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2"
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Please Call
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Beech
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Fagus grandiflora
family Fagaceae
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Description:
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This wood is available from central Europe. Heartwood is a very pale pink-brown. It is common practice to steam the timber until the lumber turns a consistent reddish-brown tone. Used for cabinet making, flooring and furniture with a density of 45 lb/ft3. It offers consistent low waist and is food safe. A good wood for a tight budget.
Complementary plywood available.
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Grade
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Size
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Price per Bfm
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American Shorts
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1"
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$3.50
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Select+Better Euro
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1"
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$4.95
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Select+Better Euro
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1 1/2"
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$5.25
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Select+Better Euro
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2"
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$5.75
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Birch (Western)
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Betula spp.
family Betulaceae
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Description:
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Grown in the Pacific Northwest, it is an excellent substitute for Eastern Birch and Eastern Maple with a cream, uniform colour. It offers an expensive and modern bright look.
Complements our birch plywood nicely.
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Bocote
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Cordia alliodora
family Boraginaceae
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Pricewood
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Description:
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Grown in Central and upper South America. It is a greenish brown with variegated irregular markings. It is straight-grained with medium coarse texture. It possesses medium strength with a density of approx. 34 lb/ft3. Used for decorative furniture and interior joinery.
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Price per Bfm
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1"
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$34.00
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1 1/2"
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$34.00
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Bubinga
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Bubinga is also availabe in FSC Certified Lumber.
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Guibourtia demeusei
family Leguminosae
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Description:
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Grown in Africa and considered a suitable replacement for Brazilian rosewood. It is a reddish rose-brown with darker red/purple veins, and it is easy to work with; excellent for decorative work and polishes well. It is good for knife and tool handles. It's approx. density of 50-60 lb/ft3.
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Grade
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Price per Bfm
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1"
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$12.50
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2"
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$12.50
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Butternut
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Juglans cinerea
family Juglandaceae
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White Walnut
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Description:
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Domestically grown, the sapwood of the butternut is almost white and usually quite narrow. The heart wood is light brown, often with pinkish tones variegated with different shades of brown. It is relatively light weight, has a straight coarse grain and rather weak in bending strength. Once dry the wood is very dimensionally stable. It is an excellent carving wood; soft in texture. The butternut is being killed throughout its range by a fungus most likely introduced from outside of North America which does affect availability.
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Grade
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Size
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Price per Bfm
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1"
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$5.95
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2"
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$7.95
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Please Note, the prices indicated are subject to change without notice.
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