Hard Maple (sugar maple)
Hard Maple (sugar maple): hardness, how it works, how much it moves, what it costs and what it is used for.
- Botanical name
- Acer saccharum
- Type
- hardwood
- Region
- North America
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 1,450 lbf
- Colour
- cream to white
- Workability
- moderate
- MovementHow much it shrinks and swells with humidity
- moderate
- Price band
- mid
- Typical uses
- Workbenches, cutting boards, flooring, furniture
- Working notes
- Dense and hard; burns on dull blades; blotches under stain; wears very well.
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