The trees grow to be 110ft on average at maturaty. While there are other harvested trees with a similar heading, these trees have the darkest naturally occurring color, which is a very desirable characteristic in the furniture industry. The Eastern Black Walnut tree is the typical source for Walnut related lumber. Oak is porous and hard, making it a great choice for stain colors as it absorbs and displays the color of the stain better than most other woods without needing extra coats that can make a top look painted. As the name implies, Red oak has a red cast to its shade that the white oak lacks, it is a subtle difference that is hard to notice unless both species are presented. At Sprague Woodworking, we follow the standard classifications of the industry by offering both Red and White Oak.īoth Oak categories we offer are nearly identical in every characteristic other than color. While they have minor aesthetics differences, it is difficulty to tell any one of these apart. In North America, there are roughly 10 of each species that are harvested in the timber industry. The general woodworking classifications of these species fall into two categories: Red and White Oak. The Oak tree is a prolific organism with over 500 different species around the world. Another common style is the "Quartersawn" style that results in exposing the wood's edge grain along the face of the board.
The common method is called "Plain Sawn" which usually amounts to waving grain patterns. Lastly, the way the logging process goes, there are many different cuts that creates different grain patterns for the woods. It is called "sapwood" due to the large quantity of sap that is usually found surrounding the wood. Faster growing trees usually have lots of sapwood, while slower going trees have less. The sapwood, which is new growth wood around the outside circumference of the tree, does almost all of the tree's daily function. Without going into too much of the science, Heartwood is a portion of the tree that has become nearly inactive, and does little to help the tree grow. Second thing to know, most trees have two distinctive tones in their wood- the heartwood, that grows in the center of the tree, and the Sapwood, which grows around the outside. Even if two cherry trees are the same height and from the same field, once they have been logged, milled, and planed they will look different, from the shade of the lumber to the mineral deposits in the surface.
First thing to know, all trees are different.
Looking for a wood counter and not sure where to begin? How about a short background about each wood? Before that, it might be helpful to explain a little bit about Trees.
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