Plywood is commonly used in construction and manufacturing. We see this magic material being used in home interiors and large buildings. In fact, some versions of plywood are also used in shipbuilding. How does plywood play such an important role in your home interiors? And should you choose this material over other options available in the market? Read on to know everything about plywood in your home interiors.
Different Grades of Lumber and their Features
The timbers from the trees are honed and shaped to create lumber. It is a wood product, thus because of the appearance of the wood utilized, its consistency is not uniform. Therefore, grading of the lumbers is done by construction companies.
These structural qualities aid in classifying lumber with various attributes. These grades make it easier to select the best lumber for a particular job. Additionally, it aids the buyer in estimating project costs and the amount of waste the wood will produce.
Steam Beach Wood
Steam Beech
Description :
The sapwood is hard to differentiate from the heartwood. The colour can vary from whitish to very pale brown, and may darken to a pale pinkish brown. It can turn to a deeper reddish brown with steaming. Sometimes the has a dark red heart or darker veining. It has a straight grain with fine, even texture and a characteristic fleck, and quartersawn may display an attractive broad ray figure on radial surfaces.
Steam beech is very suitable for steam-bending. It has medium stiffness and high crushing strength. When poorly seasoned, is liable to bind on saws, burn on crosscutting, and cause planing problems. Otherwise, it has medium resistance to hand tools, with moderate blunting of cutters. For nailing, pre-boring is necessary. Beech glues easily, stains and dyes well and takes an excellent finish. It is a very good turnery wood.
Typical Uses :
Solid and laminated furniture such as desks, benches and chairs (including bentwood furniture), quality joinery, kitchenware, tools, tool handles and workbenches, turnery, musical instruments, toys, bobbins, domestic flooring, decorative veneers and plywood.
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African Kingwood
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Kingwood is a classic furniture wood, almost exclusively used for inlays on very fine furniture. It was the most expensive wood in general use for furniture making in the seventeenth century, at which time it was known as princes wood.
Wood Color / Appearance
Heartwood is a dark purplish or reddish brown with darker black streaks. Sapwood is pale yellow and sharply demarcated from the heartwood.
Wood Grain / Texture
Grain is usually straight or occasionally interlocked. Fine, uniform texture and a high natural luster.
Rot Resistance
Reported as being very durable in decay resistance, and is also resistant to termites.
Length
7' & Up
Dimensions
Width - 18" & up
Thickness - 2.5" (Other thickness available on order)
Canadian Wood
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Canadian Wood embarked on its journey in wood with nothing more than passion and commitment grounded in professional ethics, to offer world-class, sustainable wood products to quality-conscious, discerning designers and clients in India. We have established ourselves as a reputable brand for engineered wood throughout the Indian subcontinent thanks to our hands-on culture and a keen awareness of actual client demands. Canadian Wood takes pride in who we are and strives to get where we want to be. introducing Indian characteristics to a global perspective that expects the greatest production and timber.
Western Hemlock
This species is consistently seasoned in dry kilns to increase its stiffness and strength as well as its resistance to rot and insect attack. Western Hemlock wood is renowned for having an even grain that is great for machining.
Douglas Fir
Douglas fir is prized for its exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, which makes it the ideal material for massive structures. It has superior sanding, staining, and painting qualities.
Yellow Cedar
Due to its natural extractives, yellow cedar has a fine texture and straight grain, making it a decay-resistant wood. For external purposes, it is frequently employed.
Western Red Cedar
Western red cedar is one of the most economical wood species. It is the perfect choice for outdoor applications due to its remarkable working qualities, which include inherent resistance to termites, rot, and decay.
Wenge Wood
Wenge Wood
Description :
The sapwood is whitish or pale yellow and is clearly demarcated from the heartwood, which is dark brown with line, close, near-black veins and white lines. This patterning gives the wood a very attractive appearance. The grain is fairly straight, with a medium to coarse texture and a low lustre.
Properties :
Wengé is a heavy and dense wood which is highly resistant to abrasion. It has a high resistance to shock loads and a high Nunding strength, low stiffness. medium crushing strength and a low steam-bending rating. The wood works well with both machine and hand tools, and has a moderate to medium blunting effect on cutting edges. Pre-boring is required for nailing, and gluing and polishing can be difficult because of the resin cells in the wood. Sawing is slow, but it planes fairly easily. It is a good for turning, and sands satisfactorily. Once the grain has been filled, a satisfactory surface finish can be achieved.
Seasoning :
The wood seasons slowly and is fairly difficult to dry. It is highly prone to surface checking and there is a slight tendency to distort. Wengé exhibits small movement in use.
Durability :
It is a durable wood and resistant to fungi and The sapwood is permeable for preservative treatment, but the heartwood is highly resistant.
Typical Uses :
Furniture, turnery, carving, exterior and interior joinery, violin bows, block and strip flooring, boatbuilding and construction work. Decorative veneers are used for cabinetwork and marquetry.
Sapele Wood
Sapele Wood
Description :
When newly cut, the heartwood)d is pink. but this darkens to a red-brown or purple-brown on exposure. The sapwood is clearly defined and is white to pale yellow. The grain is interlocked or wavy, with quite a fine texture and a high golden lustre. The can exhibit an attractive range of figure, with ribbon, bee’s wing and regular stripe on quartersawn stock, and fiddleback, mottle or roe on other cuts.
Properties :
Sapele has medium resistance to shock loads, medium Iksnding strength, high crushing strength, low stiffness and properties. It works well with both hand and machine tools, with a moderate blunting effect on cutting edges. planes and moulds easily, but interlocked grain can tear if a reduced Cutting angle is not used. It bores, routs, carves, nails, screws, stains, varnishes and paints well, and sands very well. The wood glues fairly well, and can be brought to an excellent polished finish.
Seasoning :
It dries rapidly and is prone to distortion, although this is less of a problem with quartersawn stock There is medium movement in use.
Durability :
The heartwood is moderately durable and can be attacked by pinhole and marine borers, but is to preservative treatment. The sapwood is vulnerable to the powder-post beetle, and is moderately resistant to preservative treatment.
Typical Uses :
Furniture and cabinetmaking, musical instruments, office furniture, kitchen cabinets, doors, stairs, window frames, boats, flooring and sports Decorative veneer from choice logs is used for marquetry, panelling and cabinetwork. Sapele is also rotary-cut for plywood.
Walnut Wood
American Walnut Wood
Description :
The heartwood can be light greyish brown, dark chocolate or purplish black. The sapwood is whitish to yellowish brown, unless stained or steamed to match the heartwood. The slightly open grain is typically straight, but can be curly or wavy. The texture is usually coarse, but develops a lustrous patina in time. Burrs (burls), stumpwood and crotches produce notable mottled, curly and wavy figure.
Properties :
This hard, tough wood has moderate crushing and bending strength, low stiffness, and steam-bends well. It works well with machine and hand tools, with a moderate blunting effect. It generall planes well, but irregular grain can be tricky. It turns, carves, mortises, nails, screws, sands and paints well. Gluing is satisfactory. It stains and polishes easily to a high finish.
Seasoning :
The wood slowly and care must be taken to degrade. This can include checking. iron staining, ring failure, honey combing and collapse. There is small movement in use.
Durability :
American walnut is highly durable, resistant to decay and to preservative treatment. The sapwood is permeable for treatment, and can vulnerable to the Powder-post beetle.
Typical Uses :
A prized cabinetmaking wood, it is also the chosen wood in the US for gunstocks and rifle butts. It is also used for quality furniture, architectural work, flooring, boatbuilding, musical instruments, turnery, carving, office furniture, kitchen cabinets, sporting goods and umbrella handles. It is sliced for decorative veneers and is an important wood for making plywood. The tree also produces edible nuts.
Maple Wood
European Maple Wood
Description :
The heartwood is creamy-white when freshly cut, but ages to a light tan. The grain is usually straight, but can be wavy or curly, and has a smooth, fine texture. The has a high natural lustre, especially on quartered surfaces. The sapwood is not normally distinct from the heartwood.
Properties :
The wood has low resistance to shock loads and low stifffiess, with medium crushing and strengths. Euro maple steam-bends well. It works well and easily with both hand and machine but has a moderate blunting effect On cutting edges. When machine- planing wavy or curly stock, a reduced cutting angle is advised, and pre-boring is recommended for nailing. The wood stains and glues well, turns particularly Well, and can be brought to an excellent polished finish.
Seasoning :
It dries slowly with little degrade, but there can be problems with staining. Rapid but careful kiln-drying is advised if the natural whitish colour is to be preserved. There is only small movement in service.
Durability :
The heartwood is non-durable and can subject to attack by fungi and other wood-destroying organisms. The sapwood is susæptible to attack from the common furniture beetle. The is permeable for preservative treatment, but the heartwood is resistant.
Typical Uses :
It is used for turnery, furniture and interior joinery, brush backs and woodenware. Selected is sliced to make very decorative veneers, and it can also be treated with chemicals to produce grey harewood, which is used for veneers and marquetry.
SYP Wood
SYP Wood
Description :
Southern yellow pine wood is one of the principal sources of softwood products in the United States. Not only is it strong, stiff, and dense, but it also has the ability to hold nails and other fasteners particularly well, which makes it a great choice for residential and commercial construction. Southern yellow pine wood has a unique cellular structure, making it one of the preferred species for pressure treatment. In fact, southern yellow pine wood makes up nearly 85% of all pressure-treated wood produced in the United States. Plus, its distinct grain pattern and appealing golden color make it a great choice for anyone looking to showcase its natural beauty.
Because of its competitive pricing, thriving supply, and the established market preference, southern yellow pine wood use continues to grow. Many companies use southern yellow pine in the manufacturing of trusses and other construction framing, modular home and deck construction, and in pallets, crating, and other packaging.
Typical Uses :
Joinery, domestic flooring, railway sleepers ,Railroad ties, heavy construction, bridges, mine timbers, decking, boxes, crates, pallets, particleboard and pulp. Turpentine and resin are also produced from the wood.