Beech Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Beech Alternative Name 1: American Beech
Beech Amount of Figure: Intermediate
Beech Amount of Natural Luster: Lustrous
Beech Availability of Wood: Plentiful
Beech Available As Lumber: Yes
Beech Available as Veneer: No
Beech Available only in small sizes: No
Beech Bending Strength: High
Beech Blunting of Tool Blades: Moderate
Beech Botanical Name: Fagus grandifolia
Beech Carving: Average to somewhat difficult to carve
Beech Clear Finish or Varnish: Good
Beech Color of Wood: Light Brown
Beech Contrast between growth rings: Diffuse Porous
Beech Crushing Strength: Moderate
Beech Decorative Figure: No
Beech Density: High
Beech Drilling: Very good
Beech Fill before Finishing: Does not require a filler
Beech Gluing: Fairly Difficult - Requires close control
Beech Grain: Mostly Straight
Beech Growth Ring Pattern Plainsawn: Faint growth ring
Beech Growth Ring Pattern Quartersawn: Conspicuous growth ring stripe, ribbon or flake pattern
Beech Hand Tooling: Somewhat difficult
Beech Hardness: Hard, difficult to dent
Beech Hardwood or Softwood: Hardwood
Beech Harmful Properties: May cause dermatological and respiratory problems
Beech Interlocked Grain: No
Beech Kiln-dried Shrinkage: High
Beech Machine Tools: Average
Beech Mortising: Very good
Beech Movement after drying: Moderate
Beech Nail Holding: Good- Nails are fairly difficult to pull out
Beech Nailing: Fair - may require pre-drilled pilot hole especially near ends
Beech Natural Durability: Perishable
Beech Number of Knots: Low
Beech Painting: Fair
Beech Planing: Good
Beech Polishing: Good
Beech Pounds per cubic foot maximum: 46
Beech Pounds per cubic foot minimum: 46
Beech Reacts with Iron Fasteners or Hardware: No
Beech Sanding: Rather difficult
Beech Sawing: High cutting resistance - Wood tends to bind or burn
Beech Screw Holding: Good - Fairly difficult to remove screws
Beech Screwing: Fair - May require pre-drilled pilot holes especially near ends
Beech Shaping: Rather difficult
Beech Size of Knots: Intermediate
Beech Size of Pores: Small Pores - Closed grain
Beech Specific Gravity: High
Beech Specific Gravity maximum: .74
Beech Specific Gravity minimum: .64
Beech Staining: Good with water based stains
Beech Steam Bending: Good
Beech Stiffness: High
Beech Surface Preparation for Finishing: No
Beech Texture of the Wood: Fine
Beech Toughness: High
Beech Turning: Very good
Beech Weight: Heavy
Beech Wood Defects: Check (or split,) warp
Beech Work Notes: Requires sharp tools
Beech Use for Boxes, Crates or Pallets: YES
Beech Use for Carving: no
Beech Use for Cooperage: YES
Beech Use for Decorative Veneer: no
Beech Use for Flooring: YES
Beech Use for Furniture: YES
Beech Use for Handles: YES
Beech Use for Heavy Construction: no
Beech Use for Inlay: no
Beech Use for Interior Finish: no
Beech Use for Light Construction: no
Beech Use for Marine Applications: no
Beech Use for Marquetry: no
Beech Use for Millwork: YES
Beech Use for Models and Patterns: no
Beech Use for Musical Instruments: no
Beech Use for Novelties: no
Beech Use for Secondary Furniture Components: no
Beech Use for Shingles: no
Beech Use for Sports Equipment: YES
Beech Use for Turnery: YES
Beech Use for Woodenware: YES