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Maple
Sugar/Hard
Acer saccharum
APPEARANCE
Heartwood is creamy white to light reddish brown and sapwood is pale to creamy white. Closed, subdued grain with moderate figuring and uniform texture. Occasionally shows quilted, fiddle back, curly or bird's-eye figuring.
PROPERTIES
Maple is slightly harder than average with a Janka rating of 1450. Average dimensional stability with a change coefficient of 0.00353. Dense, strong, tough and stiff with excellent resistance to shock.
WORKABILITY
Density makes machining difficult. Sands satisfactorily. Good nail holding ability with fair resistance to splitting. Maple takes neutral finish well, however, it does not stain uniformly.
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