Ash
Main Uses
Furniture, flooring, doors, architectural millwork and moulding, kitchen
cabinets, paneling, tool handles, baseball bats, hockey sticks, billiard
cues, skis, oars and turnings.
Relative Abundance
4.6 percent of total U.S. hardwoods commercially available.
General Description
The sapwood is light-colored to nearly white and the heartwood varies
from grayish or light brown, to pale yellow streaked with brown. The
wood is generally straight-grained with a coarse uniform texture. The
degree and availability of light-colored sapwood, and other properties,
will vary according to the growing regions.
Working Properties
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.
Physical Properties
Ash has very good overall strength properties relative to its weight. It
has excellent shock resistance and is good for steam bending.
Availability
Readily available.
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