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White Oak - Quarter/Rift-Sawn

Characteristics: Quarter/Rift Sawn White Oak is a domestic hardwood. The heartwood is tannish-brown and the narrow sapwood is nearly white. It is very strong and hard with a moderatly fine grain. Quarter sawn Oak reveals a large number or rays, distinctive wide ray cells that produce ray fleck. To produce this appearance the plane of cut is 90 degrees more or less to the growth rings. This creates a lustrous piece of lumber. To reduce the size of the ray flecks, yet produce an interesting pattersn, White Oak is sometimes cut just off the true radial in order to produce a rift.

Common Uses: Furniture - flooring - veneers - cabinet making - boat building and coffins.

Working Properties: The timber takes nails and screws well although pre-boring is advised. This wood glues well and it stains and polishes to a nice finish. It can be worked easily with hand and machine tools.

Common Name: Quarter/Rfit Sawn White Oak

Tree is Native To: The White Oak grows from Quebec, Southern Ontario, Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas.

Average Dried Weight: .47 lb/ft.

Average Specific Gravity: .76



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