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New: Reconstituted Oak Veneer - Oak 12CCommercial names: black American walnut, Virginia walnut (UK); walnut (USA); black walnut (UK and USA).
Other names: canaletto, black hickory nut, Canadian walnut, walnut tree.
Distribution: Eastern USA and Ontario, Canada.
General description: The heartwood is a rich dark brown to purplish-black, mostly straight grained, but with wavy or curly grain occasionally present. The texture is rather coarse.
Weight averages 640 kg/m3 (40 lb/ft3); specific gravity .64.
Mechanical properties: This is a tough, hard timber of medium density, with moderate bending and crushing strengths, and low stiffness. It has a good steam bending classification.
Seasoning: Dries rather slowly with a tendency to honeycomb and requires care to avoid checking and degradation. There is small movement in service.
Working properties: Works with hand or machine tools without difficulty with moderate blunting effect on, cutting edges. Holds nails or screws well, glues satisfactorily, and polishes to a high finish.
Durability: Very durable. Sapwood liable to attack by powder post beetle. The heartwood is resistant to preservative treatment and biodegradation.
Uses: In the USA it is the standard timber for rifle butts and gunstocks. It is extensively used for high-quality furniture, cabinetmaking and interior joinery, boatbuilding, musical instruments, clockcases, turnery and carving. A major timber in plywood manufacture and sliced for panelling, cabinet veneers and decorative veneers for all kinds in the form of stumpwood, crotches, burrs, burls, etc.
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