Yellow birch
The wood is heavy, hard and strong, having about the same specific gravity as hard maple. It has very good bending properties, with good crushing strength and shock resistance.
Laura Morris
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White pine
Pines have a straight grain and uniform texture. Eastern pine has creamy white sapwood with yellowish white or light brown heartwood. Western pine has white sapwood and a pale to light red-brown heartwood that darkens with exposure to light.
Basswood
Basswood is renowned for being a top-notch carving wood. It’s also made into many items including toys, model ships, picture frames, musical instruments, shutters, handles, mouldings and trim work.
Cedar
Cedars are more durable than other softwoods. They are dimensionally stable and dry with little shrinkage, but have low strength and shock resistance, as well as poor steam bending qualities.
White ash
White ash is a valued hardwood. Its admirable strength, hardness, and elasticity make it ideal for such products as baseball bats, billiard cues, hockey sticks tool handles, utility furniture, and vehicle and boat parts.
Black cherry
The wood is highly prized for cabinetry and furniture, as well as for paneling, flooring, turning, and carving.
Butternut
Butternut wood has been favored for cabinetry and furniture, along with interior paneling and turnery.
Sugar maple
Sugar maple is stiff, strong, heavy, and hard. It offers great resistance to abrasion and shock, and its steam bending properties are good.
Tim Lee cuts through obstacles
When people enter Tim Lee's townhouse in Milton, Ontario, they immediately notice a beautiful cherry-wood table displayed in the family room.
