Red Maple (soft maple)
Red Maple (soft maple): hardness, how it works, how much it moves, what it costs and what it is used for.
- Botanical name
- Acer rubrum
- Type
- hardwood
- Region
- North America
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 950 lbf
- Colour
- cream to light brown
- Workability
- moderate
- MovementHow much it shrinks and swells with humidity
- moderate
- Price band
- mid
- Typical uses
- Furniture, cabinets, turning
- Working notes
- Easier to work than hard maple; blotches under stain.
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