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| Ash
machines well, is good in nailing, screwing and gluing, and can be
stained to a very good finish. Furniture, flooring, doors, architectural
millwork and moulding, kitchen cabinets, panelling, tool handles,
baseball bats and turnings. |
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| Cherry
is easy to machine, nails and glues well and produces an excellent
smooth finish. Fine furniture and cabinet making, mouldings and millwork,
doors, boat interiors, musical instruments, turnings and carvings. |
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| Hickory
is the heaviest of American hardwoods, they can be difficult to machine
and glue, and are very hard to work with hand tools. Tool handles,
furniture, cabinetry, flooring, wooden ladders, dowels and sporting
goods. |
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| Maple,
with care machines well, turns well, glues satisfactorily, and produces
an outstanding finish. Flooring, furniture, panelling, kitchen cabinets,
worktops, table tops, butchers blocks, toys, and kitchenware, millwork,
stairs, handrails. |
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| Poplar,
a versatile wood that is easy to machine, plane, turn, glue and bore.
It holds paint, enamel and stain very well. Furniture, kitchen cabinets,
doors, mouldings and millwork, edge-glued panels, turnings and carvings. |
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| Red
oak machines
well, nailing and screwing are good, and it can be stained to a good
finish. Furniture, flooring, architectural millwork and mouldings,
doors, kitchen cabinets, panelling, and caskets. |
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