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Blunting Effect
Boring
Carving
Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Cutting Resistance
Distribution Overview
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Environmental Profile
Gluing
Grain
Heartwood Color
Kiln Drying Rate
Mortising
Moulding
Nailing
Natural Durability
Natural Growth Defects
Numerical Data
Odor
Planing
Polishing
Product Sources
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Impregnation
Response to Hand Tools
Routing & Recessing
Sanding
Sapwood Color
Scientific Name
Screwing
Staining
Texture
Toxicity
Trade Name
Tree Size
Turning
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Common Names
Honeylocust, Locust, Sweet-locust, Thorny-locust
Regions of Distribution
North America
Countries of Distribution
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United States
Common Uses
Beams, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Concrete formwork, Construction, Decks, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Factory construction, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Form work, Foundation posts, Framing, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joists, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Porch columns, Posts, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rough construction, Rustic furniture, Stakes
Environmental Profile
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Distribution Overview
The natural range of honey-locust extends from central Pennsylvania through extreme southern Ontario, extreme southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, and extreme southeastern Minnesota to extreme southeastern South Dakota; south through eastern Nebraska to eastern Texas; east to Alabama; and northeast along the western slopes of the Appalachians. Isolated populations occur in northwestern Florida. Honey-locust is naturalized east of the Appalachians as far north as Nova Scotia. Also introduced, established and possibly spreading, sometimes as a weed tree in India, New Zealand and South Africa. Prefers floodplain forests, old fields and roadsides.
Heartwood Color
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| Reddish brown |
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| Light red |
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| Red |
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The sapwood is wide, yellowish in color, and is fairly well defined from the heartwood
Grain
Grain is usually straight, and the wood often has an attractive figure and color
Texture
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Texture is moderately open and somewhat uneven.
Natural Growth Defects
Reddish brown gum
Natural Durability
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| Perishable |
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| Non-durable |
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| Sapwood susceptible to attack by wood boring insects |
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Odor
| No specific smell or taste |
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Toxicity
Drying Defects
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| Splitting |
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End-Checks and surface-checks may occur due to the presence of refractory wood
Ease of Drying
| Fairly Easy |
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| Little degrade |
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Kiln Drying Rate
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| Tree height is 0-10 m |
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| Tree height is 10-20 m |
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| Bole length is 0-10 m |
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Product Sources
Honeylocust timber is rather scarce, and when available, it is often used locally.
Blunting Effect
Boring
Carving
Cutting Resistance
Gluing
| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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Mortising
| Fair to Good Results |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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Moulding
| Fair to Good Results |
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| Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult |
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Resistance to Impregnation
| Resistant heartwood |
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Response to Hand Tools
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Routing & Recessing
| Fair to Good Results |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Pre-boring recommended |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Fairly Easy to Very Easy |
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| Fair to Good Results |
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| Fair to Good Results |
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Numerical Data
| Item | Green | Dry | English |
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| Bending Strength | 9996 | 14406 | psi |
| Crushing Strength | 1127 | 1803 | psi |
| Hardness | | 1548 | lbs |
| Impact Strength | 46 | 46 | inches |
| Maximum Crushing Strength | 4332 | 7350 | psi |
| Shearing Strength | | 2205 | psi |
| Stiffness | 1264 | 1597 | 1000 psi |
| Work to Maximum Load | 13 | 13 | inch-lbs/in3 |
| Specific Gravity | 0.56 | 0.62 | |
| Weight | 58 | 42 | lbs/ft3 |
| Radial Shrinkage | 4 | | % |
| Tangential Shrinkage | 7 | | % |
| Volumetric Shrinkage | 11 | | % |
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| Bending Strength | 702 | 1012 | kg/cm2 |
| Crushing Strength | 79 | 126 | kg/cm2 |
| Hardness | | 702 | kg |
| Impact Strength | 116 | 116 | cm |
| Maximum Crushing Strength | 304 | 516 | kg/cm2 |
| Shearing Strength | | 155 | kg/cm2 |
| Stiffness | 88 | 112 | 1000 kg/cm2 |
| Work to Maximum Load | 0.91 | 0.91 | cm-kg/cm3 |
| Specific Gravity | 0.56 | 0.62 | |
| Weight | 929 | 673 | kg/m3 |
| Radial Shrinkage | 4 | | % |
| Tangential Shrinkage | 7 | | % |
References
Boone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois, E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Hardwoods - Temperate and Tropical. USDA, Forest Service, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-57, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.
Little, E.L. 1980. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees - Eastern Region. Published by Arthur A. Knopf, New York.
Panshin, A.J. and C. deZeeuw. Textbook of Wood Technology. McGraw-Hill Series in Forest Resources. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
Patterson, D. 1988. Commercial Timbers of the World. Fifth Edition. Gower Technical Press, Aldershot, UK. ix + 339 pp.
USDA. 1987. Wood Handbook : Wood as an Engineering Material. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 72. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.
USDA. 1988. Dry Kiln Operators Manual, Preliminary Copy. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.
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