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Give us your specifications and we will match them as best we can from our extensive inventory. Please call for current lumber prices and availability. Many additional exotic wood species are available: Bloodwood, Bocote, Pau Almarillo, Rosewood, Sapele and others.

 

BIRCH

Appearance: Color: Sapwood is creamy yellow or pale white in yellow birch; heartwood is light reddish brown tinged with red. Sweet birch has light colored sapwood and heartwood is dark brown tinged with red
Grain: Medium figuring, straight, closed grain, even textured. Occasional curly grain or wavy figure in some boards.

Availability: Moderately

Properties: Hardness:1260 Janka Table, 2% softer than Northern red oak. Durability: Hard and stiff; very strong.
Workability: Sawing: Good machine tools, difficult with hand tools. Nailing: Excellent Sanding: Satisfactorily Finishing: No known problems