General Information:
Ash machines well, is good in nailing, screwing and gluing, and can be stained to a very good finish. It dries fairly easily with minimal degrade, and there is little movement in performance.
Harvested Areas:
The North-Eastern Appalachian region.
Typical Uses/Availability:
Furniture, flooring, doors, architectural millwork and moulding, kitchen cabinets, paneling, tool handles, baseball bats, hockey sticks, billiard cues, skis, oars and turnings. Typically available in thickness from 4/4 through 12/4.
Relative Abundance:
4.6 percent of total U.S. hardwoods commercially available.
Working Properties:
Machining Quality: Excellent
Resistance to Spliting in Nailing: Good
Resistance to Spliting in Screwing: Excellent
Gluing Quality: Good
Physical Properties:
Specific Gravity (12% M.C.): 0.60
Average Shipping Weight In Kg Per Cubic Meter (Air Dry): 594
Volumetric Shrinkage (oven dry % of green): 13.3
Rupture (Kilopascals): 106,000
Elasticity (Megapascals): 12,000
Hardness (Newtons): 5,900