Tupelo Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Tupelo Alternative Name 1: Water Tupelo
Tupelo Alternative Name 2: Black Tupelo
Tupelo Amount of Figure: Intermediate
Tupelo Amount of Natural Luster: Low
Tupelo Availability of Wood: Adequate
Tupelo Available As Lumber: Yes
Tupelo Available as Veneer: No
Tupelo Available only in small sizes: No
Tupelo Bending Strength: Moderate
Tupelo Blunting of Tool Blades: Moderate
Tupelo Botanical Name: Nyssa aquatica, sylvatica
Tupelo Carving: Average to somewhat difficult to carve
Tupelo Clear Finish or Varnish: Good
Tupelo Color of Wood: Gray Brown
Tupelo Contrast between growth rings: Diffuse Porous
Tupelo Crushing Strength: Moderate
Tupelo Decorative Figure: No
Tupelo Density: Moderate
Tupelo Drilling: Fair or Satisfactory
Tupelo Fill before Finishing: Does not require a filler
Tupelo Gluing: Average - Requires control
Tupelo Grain: Interlocked
Tupelo Growth Ring Pattern Plainsawn: Indistinct growth ring
Tupelo Growth Ring Pattern Quartersawn: Noticeable or distinct growth ring stripe, ribbon or flake pattern
Tupelo Hand Tooling: Average
Tupelo Hardness: Average
Tupelo Hardwood or Softwood: Hardwood
Tupelo Harmful Properties: Non Toxic
Tupelo Interlocked Grain: Yes
Tupelo Kiln-dried Shrinkage: Moderate
Tupelo Machine Tools: Average
Tupelo Mortising: Rather difficult
Tupelo Movement after drying: Low
Tupelo Nail Holding: Very good - Nails are very difficult to pull out
Tupelo Nailing: Fair - may require pre-drilled pilot hole especially near ends
Tupelo Natural Durability: Non-durable
Tupelo Number of Knots: Insufficient Data Available
Tupelo Painting: Insufficient Data Available
Tupelo Planing: Average
Tupelo Polishing: Fair
Tupelo Pounds per cubic foot maximum: 35
Tupelo Pounds per cubic foot minimum: 35
Tupelo Reacts with Iron Fasteners or Hardware: No
Tupelo Sanding: Rather difficult
Tupelo Sawing: Moderate cutting resistance
Tupelo Screw Holding: Good - Fairly difficult to remove screws
Tupelo Screwing: Tends to split wood - Requires pre-drilled pilot holes
Tupelo Shaping: Fair or satisfactory
Tupelo Size of Knots: Insufficient Data Available
Tupelo Size of Pores: Small Pores - Closed grain
Tupelo Specific Gravity: Moderate
Tupelo Specific Gravity maximum: .5
Tupelo Specific Gravity minimum: .5
Tupelo Staining: Very good - Accepts a wide variety of types of stain
Tupelo Steam Bending: Poor
Tupelo Stiffness: Low
Tupelo Surface Preparation for Finishing: No
Tupelo Texture of the Wood: Fine
Tupelo Toughness: Moderate
Tupelo Turning: Good
Tupelo Weight: Moderate
Tupelo Wood Defects: Check (or split), honeycomb (collapse), warp
Tupelo Work Notes: Hard mineral deposits require sharp or carbide tipped saw knives
Tupelo Use for Boxes, Crates or Pallets: YES
Tupelo Use for Carving: no
Tupelo Use for Cooperage: YES
Tupelo Use for Decorative Veneer: no
Tupelo Use for Flooring: no
Tupelo Use for Furniture: YES
Tupelo Use for Handles: no
Tupelo Use for Heavy Construction: no
Tupelo Use for Inlay: no
Tupelo Use for Interior Finish: no
Tupelo Use for Light Construction: no
Tupelo Use for Marine Applications: no
Tupelo Use for Marquetry: no
Tupelo Use for Millwork: no
Tupelo Use for Models and Patterns: no
Tupelo Use for Musical Instruments: no
Tupelo Use for Novelties: no
Tupelo Use for Secondary Furniture Components: no
Tupelo Use for Shingles: no
Tupelo Use for Sports Equipment: no
Tupelo Use for Turnery: no
Tupelo Use for Woodenware: no