General Description
American 'red' Elm FAS grade is imported from an area on the southern shores of the Great Lakes. This is one of the few areas of the world that has been mostly unaffected by the disease which swept most Elm areas in the past thirty years.
It has a grain and colour which is interesting and pleasant for a variety of joinery uses.
It is stocked square-edge kiln dried in thicknesses 1", 1½", 2" and 3". Widths are random, mainly 4" - 8" (predominantly 5" - 7"). Lengths 8' - 10'.
It equates to the UK Wych/Dutch Elm and should not be confused with 'common' Elm that for many years was used for sea defence groynes.
Working Properties
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Fairly easy to work |
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Good for nailing, screwing and gluing |
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Can be sanded, stained and polished to a good finish |
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Dries well with minimum degrade |
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Little movement in performance |
Physical Properties
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Moderately heavy, hard and stiff |
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Excellent bending properties |
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Excellent shock resistance |
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Difficult to split due to interlocked grain |
Durability
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Non -resistant to heartwood decay |
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Permeable to preservatives |
Main Uses
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Furniture & cabinet making |
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Flooring |
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Internal Joinery |
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Panelling |
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Coffins |
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| Process |
Quality Scale
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| Machining |
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| Nailing |
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| Screwing |
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| Gluing |
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| Finishing |
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| Property |
Value |
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| Specific Gravity: (12% M.C.) |
0.53 |
| Average Weight: (12% M.C.) |
593 kg/m3 |
| Average Volumetric Shrinkage: (Green to 6% M.C.) |
11% |
| Modulus of Elasticity: |
10,274 MPa |
| Hardness: |
3825 N |
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