Misc - Machining Table

		Standard Lumber Abbreviations

	Moisture Content Table

Machining Table


	Some machining and related properties of selected domestic hardwoods.

Kind of Wood *	Planin g perfec t pieces	Shaping good to excellent pieces	Turning fair to excellent pieces	Boring good to excellent pieces	Mortising fair to excellent pieces	Sanding good to excelent pieces	Steam- bending unbroken pieces	Nail spliting pieces free from complete splits	Screw spliting pieces free from complete splits
	Pct.	Pct.	Pct.	Pct.	Pct.	Pct.	Pct.	Pct.	Pct.
Alder, red	61	20	88	64	52
Ash	75	55	79	94	58	75	67	65	71
Aspen	26	7	65	78	60
Basswood	64	10	68	76	51	17	2	79	68
Beech	83	24	90	99	92	49	75	42	58
Birch	63	57	80	97	97	34	72	32	48
Birch paper	47	22
Cherry, black	80	80	88	100	100
Chestnut	74	28	87	91	70	64	56	66	60
Cottonwood	21	3	70	70	52	19	44	82	78
Elm, soft	33	13	65	94	75	66	74	80	74
Hackberry	74	10	77	99	72		94	63	63
Hickory	76	20	84	100	98	80	76	35	63
Magnolia	65	27	79	71	32	37	85	73	76
Maple, bigleaf	52	56	80	100	80
Maple, hard	54	72	82	99	95	38	57	27	52
Maple, soft	41	25	76	80	34	37	59	58	61
Oak, red	91	28	84	99	95	81	86	66	78
Oak, white	87	35	85	95	99	83	91	69	74
Pecan	88	40	89	100	98		78	47	69
Sweetgurn	51	28	86	92	58	23	67	69	69
Sycamore	22	12	85	98	96	21	29	79	74
Tanoak	80	39	81	100	100
Tupelo, water	55	52	79	62	33	34	46	64	63
Tupelo, black	48	32	75	82	24	21	42	65	63
Walnut, black	62	34	91	100	98		78	50	59
Willow	52	5	58	71	24	24	73	89	62
Yellow-poplar	70	13	81	87	63	19	58	77	67


	*Commercial lumber nomenclature.

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