American Elm
American Elm: hardness, how it works, how much it moves, what it costs and what it is used for.
- Botanical name
- Ulmus americana
- Type
- hardwood
- Region
- North America
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 830 lbf
- Colour
- light brown, interlocked grain
- Workability
- moderate
- MovementHow much it shrinks and swells with humidity
- moderate
- Price band
- low
- Typical uses
- Chair seats, boxes, bent parts
- Working notes
- Interlocked grain resists splitting but tears out when planed.
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