Ash
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The colour of ash is somewhat lustrous; cream to very light brown
heartwood with lighter colored sapwood. Ash has a straight moderately
open grain. It is heavy; hard; strong; stiff, high in shock resistance with
excellent bending .
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Basswood
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The colour of Basswood is Yellow to cream or light brown tinged with red,
with thin, nearly white sapwood. It is very heavy; very strong; hard
closed-grained; with an even texture and with excellent working average.
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The colour of cherry is light reddish-brown in the heartwood and the
sapwood is nearly white. The heartwood colour will darken with age and on
exposure to light. Cherry is usually straight-grained; satiny, with some
figured.
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Hard
Maple
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White Hard Maple is distinguished by its whiteness and superior uniformity
of colour. Hard Maple is usually straight-grained; sometimes found highly
figured with curly, fiddle back, birds eye or burl grain, scattered over
entire tree or in irregular stripes and patches
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Beech
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The natural colour varies from almost white to red brown, with little
difference between sapwood and heartwood. The timber is straight
grained with a fine even texture, and easily machines and sands to an
excellent finish.
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Poplar
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The sapwood of yellow poplar ranges from light yellow to white, the
heartwood varies with colour ranging from tan to light brown and even
greenish brown. Poplar has an even grain pattern. It is extremely stable,
and rather lightweight.
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Soft Maple
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Soft Maple has the same general characteristics as Hard Maple, but nearly
as hard or strong. Red Leaf Soft Maple is close grained and resembles
sugar maple, but is softer in texture, not as heavy, lacks the figure, and
has somewhat poorer machining qualities.
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Chestnut
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The colour of Chestnut varies to the region in which the tree has grown.
Chestnut is straight grained with a course textures and prominent rays.
Its colour is reddish tan heartwood and narrow, almost brown sapwood.
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Walnut
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The colour of the heartwood of Black Walnut ranges from light brown to
chocolate brown – sometimes with purplish overtones; the sapwood is light
brown, and often steam treated in order to reduce the contrast. The
wood is moderately heavy, hard, and strong.
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White Oak
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White Oak is a ring porous species with a characteristic strong grain and
rays that are more pronounced and longer than those in Red Oaks.
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