TOP WOOD | Wood Trading - Magoula Attica
COUNTRY: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Former Yugoslavia.
COLOR: Light coffee. Sapwood and warmth have similar colors and waters. Heartwood tends to have a lighter color.
CHARACTERISTICS: Trees tend to grow up to 6 feet in trunk diameter and 50 feet in height. For this reason, long and wide plates are widely available.
USES: Furniture, furniture parts, kitchen cabinets, parquet, veneer, etc.
STABILITY OF DIMENSIONS: Wood is reported to have moderate dimensional stability.
Oak wood comes from Europe, it is a strictly dryed and there is a large amount of stock.
| FRESH | DRY | MEASUREMENT UNITS | |
| Bending Resistance | 8075 | 13300 | Psi |
| Maximum Shock Resistance | 3840 | 7190 | Psi |
| Impact Strength | 34 | 33 | Inches |
| Stiffness | 1234 | 1490 | 1000psi |
| Hardness | 1230 | Lbs | |
| Separation Resistance | 1990 | Psi | |
| Specific Weight | 0.69 | ||
| Weight | 52 | 43 | Lbs/cu.ft. |
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COUNTRY: Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Romania, United Kingdom, former Yugoslavia.
SAPWOOD COLOR: sapwood and heartwood are usually difficult to differentiate.
HEARTWOOD COLOR: when freshly cut, the European beech has an off-white to very pale brown color, but sun exposure darkens in light red-brown. Trees growing in the colder areas tend to give trunks with a darker core color, commonly known as the "red heart", often with darker streaks. It is a common practice in southeast Europe to stew the beech in a fresh state, which changes the color permanently in pink or light red.
CHARACTERISTICS: Trees tend to grow up to 6 feet in trunk diameter and 50 feet in height. For this reason, long and wide plates are widely available.
USES: Cabinets, chairs, decorative veneers, furniture, musical instruments, sports articles, tool handles, toys, veneers, workbenches
| FRESH | DRY | MEASUREMENT UNITS | |
| Bending Resistance | 8930 | 16245 | Psi |
| Maximum Shock Resistance | 3850 | 7843 | Psi |
| Impact Strength | 36 | 45 | Inches |
| Stiffness | 1520 | 1958 | 1000psi |
| Hardness | 1440 | Lbs | |
| Separation Resistance | 2024 | Psi | |
| Specific Weight | 0.72 | ||
| Weight | 52 | 43 | Lbs/cu.ft. |
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