COMMON NAMES: Sycamore, buttonwood
SPECIFIC GRAVITY:
0.46
DENSITY:
TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT:
8.40%
RADIAL MOVEMENT:
5.00%
VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE:
14.10%
DURABILITY:
Poor
SOURCE:
Eastern United States and extreme southern Canada
DESCRIPTION:
Largest hardwood tree in the U.S. Moderately soft, but strong. Excellent turning and shaping characteristics, but rather unstable in use due to high volumetric shrinkage. Quartersawn stock is more stable and displays an attractive ray flecked figure. Pale, reddish brown in color, sometimes nearly pink.
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