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Basswood is a light,
soft hardwood with indistinct grain patterns and creamy white
colors. Our products are well manufactured and properly dried.
We offer thicknesses from 5/4" to 8/4". Please browse our
partial stock list
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Facts at a
Glance
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5/4" - 8/4" in stock
and ready for prompt shipment from Cortland and Latrobe |
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All standard grades available |
Where it Grows
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Basswood
grows predominately in the Northern and Great Lake States. We
cut our Basswood in an
environmentally sustainable
manner primarily from the Northern Appalachian regions of New
York and Pennsylvania.
Our modern
manufacturing facilities are conveniently |
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located near our timberlands,
interstate
superhighways, rail networks and some of the
busiest seaports in the
world—all of which allow us to offer our premium products at competitive
prices (see
Species Map).
Relative
Working & Physical Properties †
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Basswood is light
and soft with low strength properties and generally poor steam
bending capabilities. It machines well and is especially easy to work
with
using hand tools, making it a premier carving wood.
Nailing, screwing and gluing are relatively easy to accomplish
with this wood species. Basswood dries rapidly with little
degrade and exhibits large shrinkage.
Common Uses
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Mouldings, window blinds, shutters, piano key stock, painted
applications.
† Some information in this section
graciously made available by the American Hardwood Export Council
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