Ash Plywood
Ash Plywood is a kind of fancy plywood (decorative plywood), which is widely used for furniture, cabinets, doors, household decoration.
White Ash Plywood is similar to oak with its prominent, open grain. Its heartwood is light tan to brown in color and its sapwood a creamy white. It is a fine choice for cabinetry and furniture of all types.
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Our Ash Plywood Specifications
(1). Face: Ash (A grade) veneer
(2). Back: Ash (A grade) veneer or other veneers such as Birch, Okoume, Bingtangor, Meranti, luan, Hardwood, Red Hardwood, Poplar, and so on.
(3). Core: poplar, hardwood, birch
(4). Glue: E1 glue, MR, WBP (melamine), WBP (phenolic)
(5). Dimensions: 1220X2440mm
(6). Thickness: 2.0mm-30mm
Also available in particleboard core, MDF core, and lumber core. Architectural lay-up available upon request.
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More knowledge of Ash |
Range
White ash grows throughout the entire eastern half of the United State except along the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the gulf coast, and Florida.
It is cut commercially everywhere except in the extreme outer limits of this range and the lower Mississippi Valley.
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Properties
White ash is a heavy wood with an average weight of 42 pounds a cubic foot. Ranked as a hard wood, it has a specific gravity of 0.55. It also is classified as strong and stiff, and has good shock resistance. The wood of white ash is noted for its excellent bending qualities. In ease of working, tendency to split, and ability to hold nails and screws, it has moderately high rank. White ash lumber can be rapidly and satisfactorily kiln-dried, and it holds its shape well even under the action of water. The wood remains smooth under con- tinual rubbing but is low in decay resistance.
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Uses
The use of white ash that dwarfs all others is its utilization for handles. It is the standard wood for D-handles for shovels and spades and for long handles for forks, hoes, rakes, and shovels. The wood is used too in the manu facture of furniture, where it is especially valuable for the bent parts of chairs. Its good bending qualities also make it useful for cooperage. White ash is used almost exclusively for many types of sports and athletic equipment, such as long oars and baseball bats.
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Description
Heartwood is brown to dark brown, sometimes with a reddish tint. As in black ash, the zone of large pores is visible and usually sharply defined.
The white dots or lines that indicate summerwood pores are usually more prominent in white than in black ash.
The small wood rays are generally visible only on quartersawed surfaces. White ash is sometimes confused with hickory, but the two species are readily distinguishable. The zone of large pores is more distinctive in ash than in hickory. Also, the summerwood zone in ash shows white dots or lines that are visible to the unaided eye, but in hickory these dots or lines are visible only upon magnification.
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Wood species
Distant cousins of the olive, more than 65 members of the ash family can be found in North America. Ashes vary, depending on type, from small, rather slender specimens to very large deciduous trees. All ashes have opposite compound leaves and very stout twigs. Like maples, ashes have winged seeds called samaras. The wood of the ash is prized for its suppleness and flexibility and is still used to make sports equipment, for tool handles and in the manufacture of furniture. Depending on soil and climate, ashes also make attractive and versatile landscape trees.
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Comments
White Ash does not grow as fast as Green Ash, but it will eventually become a larger tree. It develops a purple fall color. A native tree for large areas not used much by homeowners because of potential pests and its large size.
Any questions welcome to contact us.
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