- 6 beautiful boards, each 1m length
- Choose from 3 different thicknesses
- Planed smooth on the face and back
- 1 Straight/jointed edge to use as a reference
Order your required thickness and wait for them to arrive neatly packaged on your doorstep! Easy!
Colour/Appearance: Heartwood is a light to medium brown, commonly with an olive cast. Paler sapwood is not always sharply demarcated from heartwood. Quartersawn sections display prominent ray fleck patterns (see images below). Red oak (Quercus rubra) tends to have a slightly redder cast (as opposed to olive), but colour alone isn’t always a reliable method of determining the type of oak.
Grain/Texture: Grain is straight, with a coarse, uneven texture.
Rot Resistance: Rated as very durable; frequently used in boatbuilding and tight cooperage applications.
Workability: Produces good results with hand and machine tools. Has moderately high shrinkage values, resulting in mediocre dimensional stability, especially in flatsawn boards. Can react with iron (particularly when wet) and cause staining and discoloration. Responds well to steam-bending. Glues, stains, and finishes nicely.
Odour: Has a distinct smell while being worked that is common to most oaks. Most find it appealing.
