Wood Magazine 61 by Larry Clayton

Author:Larry Clayton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wood, Home and hobby woodworker
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Published: 1993-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Pines

Pohderosa pine comes

from the West; the

best from Oregon's

high-afbtude areas. Eastern white pine

comes from Wisconsin and all of New

England south to North Carolina.

Beech

Most premium beech boards come from Michigan.

Walnut

Lumber with

good color,

'length; and width

originates in Iowa,

Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Ohio,

White oak

The best comes from the northwestern Kentucky area, but the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas also produce top-quality wood.

Large stands of easy-to-work, slow-growing stock appear in eastern Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky (and to a lesser extent, the Midwest states).

Wood is wood, right? Wrong! Hardwood trees with all the favored woodworking attributes of their individual spe~ cies don't grow just anywhere. Neither do your favorite softwoods. Here's where professional lumber buyers seek super stock*

Have you ever wondered why one board, say of red oak, machines better than another from a batch you bought at your wood supplier? Or

why a piece of ash stock you hefted in your friend's shop seemed heavier than one you have on hand? Well, commercial hardwood buyers will tell you that the reason for the difference,stems from the wood's origin^ And that also holds true for softwoods-

"By and large, the majority of the best North American hardwoods are harvested from the northerly tier of states, not the Deep South. That's from Wisconsin east to the Atlantic, then south through the Allegheny and Appalachian mountains to about the South Carolina border/' claims

Bob Stark. Bob is the vice-president in charge of lumber purchas

ing for the Kansas City-based Frank Paxton Lumber Company, one of the nation's largest marketers of cabinet-grade stock.

And exactly what does "best" mean? Bob Carr, Jr., president of the Educational Lumber Company (EDLCO), a mail-order firm specializing in Appalachian hardwoods, explains. ''Hardwood— and softwood, too—from high altitudes or in cold climates—grows slower, is finer in texture, and thus easier to work than the taster-growing, less-dense woods

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GOODWOOD

where they grow makes a big difference

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