Black Walnut with a Maple in-lay wrapped in Oak Cross:
This beautiful cross is hand-made from Black Walnut, Maple and Oak woods.
The dark center made out of Black Walnut with the lighter Oak wrapped around the outsides and the Maple in-lay make this a spectacular cross.
| Black Walnut Botanical Classification: Juglans nigra |
Characteristics: Black Walnut is a domestic hardwood. The heartwood is a rich purplish-brown shade to a chocolate-brown tint. The narrow sapwood is nearly white. The texture is moderately coarse but uniform. This wood is strong and stable. Common Uses: Black Walnut is the foremost wood for cabinet work. It is best for gun stocks - veneers - turnery - joinery - musical instruments - plaques - carving and doors. Working Properties: Black Walnut works with ease in all hand tool and machine tool processes. It sands to an excellent surface and worked edges remain sharp. Pre-bore with nails and screws. This wood finishes to a velvety sheen. Glues adhere well and the wood stains uniformly. Tree is Native To: Black Walnut grows from Massachusetts to Southern Ontario and Nebraska, throughout the eastern half of the United States.
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| Maple Common Name: Soft Maple Botanical Classification: Acer saccharinum, rubrum
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Characteristics: Soft Maple is a domestic hardwood. This wood resembles Hard Maple. It is close grained but it is much softer in texture. The sapwood color is creamy white and the heartwood is light reddish-brown. Common Uses: This lumber is used for flooring - furniture - interior joinery - turnery - decorative veneers - musical instruments and as an alternative to Hard Maple. Working Properties: Soft Maple works readily with hand and power tools and can be glued satisfactorily. It has a moderate blunting effect on cutters. This wood may be stained and polished to an excellent finish. Tree is Native To: Soft Maple grows throughout most states east of the Rocky Mountains. The largest quantity is found in the New England states and the states along the Great Lakes region. The two trees that produce the most Soft Maple are the Red Maple and the Silver Maple. Red Maple is the sate tree of Rhode Island. Soft Maple also grows in Southern Canada.
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| Oak Common Name: hard oak, soft oak, white oak Botanical Classification: Quercus
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Characteristics:
Oak wood has a density
of about 0.75 g/cm³, great strength and hardness, and is very resistant to
insect and fungal attack because of its high tannin content. It also has
very attractive grain markings, particularly when quarter-sawn. Common Uses: Today oakwood is still commonly used for furniture making and flooring, timber frame buildings, and for veneer production. Barrels in which red wines, sherry, brandy and spirits such as Scotch whisky and Bourbon whiskey are aged are made from European and American oak. Tree is Native to: North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Colombia only), Eurasia, in Africa. |
$ 55 each