Standard Woods

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Alder Wood

When it comes to creating a warm, distinctive look for your home, you can’t beat North American Hardwoods. And when versatility and a regard for the environment are important too, then there’s no better choice than Alder. Using Northwest Hardwoods Alder to manufacture cabinetry and furniture offers unparalleled opportunities for creative expression. It also provides a host of functional and economic benefits too. Originally, Alder was considered a scrap wood by the local residents and used primarily for firewood. In the mid 1980’s however, Northwest Hardwoods, then a small, western hardwood company, perfected a method of milling and finishing Alder so that it could be used in commercial applications. Because of its desirable working properties, Western woodworkers, furniture makers and cabinet shops quickly adopted this new species. Today, Alder represents roughly 3% of the North American Hardwoods that are commercially available in the United States.

Cherry

Cherry is known as being one of the best all-around woods for work-ability. It is stable, straight-grained, and machines well. The only difficulties typically arise if the wood is being stained, as it can sometimes give blotchy results—using a sanding sealer prior to staining, or using a gel-based stain is recommended. Sapwood is common, and may contribute to a high wastage factor. Heartwood is a light pinkish brown when freshly cut, darkening to a deeper golden brown with time and upon exposure to light. Sapwood is a pale yellowish color.

Sapele Mahogany

Sapele is a commonly exported and economically important African wood species. It’s sold both in lumber and veneer form. It is occasionally used as a substitute for Genuine Mahogany, and is sometimes referred to as “Sapele Mahogany.” Technically, the two genera that are commonly associated with mahogany are Swietenia and Khaya, while Sapele is in the Entandrophragma genus, but all three are included in the broader Meliaceae family, so comparisons to true mahogany may not be too far fetched.

Walnut

Heartwood can range from a lighter pale brown to a dark chocolate brown with darker brown streaks. Color can sometimes have a grey, purple, or reddish cast. Sapwood is pale yellow-gray to nearly white. Figured grain patterns such as curl, crotch, and burl are also seen. It would be hard to overstate Black Walnut’s popularity among woodworkers in the United States. Its cooperative working characteristics, coupled with its rich brown coloration puts the wood in a class by itself among temperate-zone hardwoods. To cap it off, the wood also has good dimensional stability, shock resistance, and strength properties.

Red Oak

Red oak is a hard, heavy wood with a coarse texture and straight grain that comes from the red oak tree, Quercus rubra. It’s the most common oak species in the eastern United States, and is a popular choice for carpenters, woodworkers, and cabinetmakers.

Pain Sawn White Oak

Plain sawn white oak is a dense hardwood lumber that’s cut parallel to the log, creating a noticeable grain pattern. This cutting technique is also known as flat sawn or rip-sawing, and it’s the most common way to cut white oak. The cuts are made perpendicularly and parallel down the log in a box formation, at angles of 30 degrees or less. This process is called tangential sawing, and it uses almost all of the wood in the lumber slab, producing a higher yield than other cuts.

Rift Cut White Oak

Rift cut white oak is a type of white oak lumber that’s cut at a 90-degree angle against the tree’s growth rings, which creates a distinctive grain pattern. This cut is similar to quarter-sawn, but the angle of the cut is slightly different, positioning the growth rings at a 30–60 degree angle to the board’s face. The result is a tight, consistent grain pattern with lines that run up and down the length of the wood. Rift cut white oak is also known as radial grain lumber.