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Blunting Effect
Boring
Carving
Comments
Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Distribution Overview
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Environmental Profile
Family Name
Gluing
Grain
Heartwood Color
Kiln Schedules
Luster
Mortising
Moulding
Movement in Service
Nailing
Natural Durability
Numerical Data
Odor
Planing
Polishing
Product Sources
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Impregnation
Response to Hand Tools
Routing & Recessing
Scientific Name
Staining
Steam Bending
Strength Properties
Texture
Trade Name
Tree Size
Turning
Veneering Qualities
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Common Names
Bosnian maple, European maple, Norway maple
Regions of Distribution
Eastern Europe, Western Europe
Countries of Distribution
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Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Common Uses
Brush backs & handles, Carvings, Decorative veneer, Furniture , Joinery, Paneling , Turnery, Woodenware
Environmental Profile
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Distribution Overview
Norway maple is found throughout Central Europe, including the foothils of the Alps. It can be found thriving on the chalklands in southeastern Britain, but may also do well on more acid soils throughout Scotland, where it prefers forests receiving high rainfall.
Heartwood Color
| White |
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| Tan |
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| White to cream |
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| Light tan |
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Initially creamy-white, the wood weathers and ages into a light tan color.
Sometimes chemically treated to produce Harewood, a silver-gray color with tan streaks
Grain
| Even |
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| Closed |
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| Straight |
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| Wavy |
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| May be wavy or curly |
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| Generally straight, but not always |
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Texture
| Fine |
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| Even or uniform |
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| Smooth |
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| Fine |
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Luster
| High |
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| High, especially on quartered surfaces |
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Natural Durability
| Perishable |
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| Sapwood non-resistant to furniture beetles |
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| Non-durable |
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| Very low natural resistance to attack by decay fungi and wood destroying organisms |
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| Sapwood is vulnerable to attack by furniture beetles |
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Odor
| No specific smell or taste |
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Kiln Schedules
| Schedule E (4/4) United Kingdom |
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Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
| Fairly Easy |
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| Thick Stock Requires Care |
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| Slowly |
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| Reconditioning Treatement |
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| Moderately Difficult to Difficult |
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| Moderate |
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Careful kiln-drying at a fairly rapid rate is recommended to preserve the natural whitish color
Tree Size
Product Sources
The tree is harvested extensivly in Europe where it finds uses in the furniture industry. Norway maple is seldom planted for timber production in Britain since its size at maturity is considearbly smaller than some native species used for the same or similar applications.
Comments
Generally strong, tough, and hard.
Blunting Effect
Boring
Carving
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Very good results |
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Gluing
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Fair to Good Results |
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| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Very good properties |
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Mortising
Moulding
Movement in Service
| Excellent Stability - Small Movement |
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| Fair to Good Stability - Medium Movement |
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| Stable |
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| Small movement in use |
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Nailing
| Pre-Boring Recommended |
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| Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult |
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| Pre-boring recommended |
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Planing
| Fair to Good Results |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Good planing properties |
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Reduced cutting angle of 15 degrees is recommended for planing material containing curly and wavy grain
Resistance to Impregnation
| Permeable sapwood |
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| Resistant heartwood |
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| Resistant sapwood |
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| Sapwood responds well to preservative treatment |
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| Heartwood is extremely resistant to preservative treatment |
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Response to Hand Tools
| Easy to Work |
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| Responds Readily |
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| Moderate blunting effect on cutting edges |
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| Easy to machine |
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Routing & Recessing
Turning
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Excellent |
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Veneering Qualities
| Suitable for slicing |
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| Can sometimes be sliced into highly decorative veneers for paneling |
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Steam Bending
| Fair to Good Results |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Very good |
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Polishing
| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Excellent results |
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Staining
| Fair to Good Results |
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| Good staining properties |
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Strength Properties
Numerical Data
| Item | Green | Dry | English |
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| Density | | 40 | lbs/ft3 |
| Specific Gravity | | 0.54 | |
| Weight | 39 | 32. | lbs/ft3 |
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| Density | | 641 | kg/m3 |
| Specific Gravity | | 0.54 | |
References
Boone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois and E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Woods: Temperate and Tropical. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI.
HMSO. 1981. Handbook of Hardwoods, 2nd Edition. Revised by R.H. Farmer. Dept. of the Environment, Building Research Establishment, Princes Risborough Laboratory, Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Buck.
HMSO. 1985. Broadleaves. Forestry Commission Booklet No. 20. Text by H.E. Edlin. Revised by A.F. Mitchell. Forestry Commission, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
Laidlaw, W.B.R. 1960. Guide to British Hardwoods. Published by Leonard Hill [Books] Limited, 9 Eden Street, N.W.1, London.
Lincoln, W.A. 1986. World Woods in Color. Linden Publishing Co., Inc., Fresno, California.
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