Wood Movement
Domestic Hardwoods | % Radial Shrinkage | % Tangential Shrinkage | Tangential/Radial |
Red Alder | 4.4 | 7.3 | 1.7 |
White Ash | 4.9 | 7.8 | 1.6 |
American Beech | 5.5 | 11w.9 | 2.2 |
Yellow Birch | 7.3 | 9.5 | 1.3 |
Butternut | 3.4 | 6.4 | 1.9 |
Black Cherry | 3.7 | 7.1 | 1.9 |
American Elm | 4.2 | 9.5 | 2.3 |
Bigleaf Maple | 3.7 | 7.1 | 1.9 |
Silver Maple | 3 | 7.2 | 2.4 |
Sugar Maple | 4.8 | 9.9 | 2.1 |
Red Oak | 4 | 8.6 | 2.2 |
White Oak | 5.6 | 10.5 | 1.9 |
Poplar | 4.6 | 8.2 | 1.8 |
Black Walnut | 5.5 | 7.8 | 1.4 |
Domestic Softwoods | % Radial Shrinkage | % Tangential Shrinkage | Tangential/Radial |
Eastern Red Cedar | 3.1 | 4.7 | 1.5 |
Western Red Cedar | 2.4 | 5 | 2.1 |
Douglas Fir | 4.8 | 7.6 | 1.6 |
Eastern Hemlock | 3 | 6.8 | 2.3 |
Western Hemlock | 4.2 | 7.8 | 1.9 |
Eastern White Pine | 2.1 | 6.1 | 2.9 |
Western White Pine | 4.1 | 7.4 | 1.8 |
Redwood | 2.2 | 4.9 | 2.2 |
Black Spruce | 4.1 | 6.8 | 1.7 |
Imported | % Radial Shrinkage | % Tangential Shrinkage | Tangential/Radial |
Afromosia | 3 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
Bubinga | 5.8 | 8.4 | 1.4 |
Ebony | 5.5 | 6.5 | 1.2 |
Jarrah | 4.6 | 6.6 | 1.4 |
Ipe | 6.6 | 8 | 1.2 |
African Mahogany | 2.5 | 4.5 | 1.8 |
True Mahogany | 3 | 4.1 | 1.4 |
Indian Rosewood | 2.7 | 5.8 | 2.1 |
Sapele | 4.6 | 7.4 | 1.6 |
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