Dimensional Lumber

African Mahogany is an exotic wood with a deep reddish brown color. The grain can be straight, but is typically interlocking. Working this wood is ...

Aromatic Red Cedar boards tend to be knotty and narrow because this is a very slow-growing species, and most trees harvested tend to be fairly smal...

White Ash, commonly referred to as "Ash", trees often attain heights of 70 to 80 feet, with trunk diameters of 24 to 36 inches. The grain is descri...

Black Limba is an exotic hardwood species from west Africa. It is a light colored wood with dark streaks running through the wood, giving it a beau...

Black Walnut is an all-around popular choice for woodworking. It has a fine texture and works extremely well with hand and power tools. Walnut is p...

Bloodwood is an exotic wood that is sometimes referred to as cardinal wood, for its obvious beautiful deep rose color. With age its color does dark...

Canary is an exotic wood that is yellow to orange in color, typically variegated with light to dark red streaking. It has a medium to high luster. ...

Cherry is a domestic wood that is usually considered to be in the same class as Mahogany for usage in the United States. It is described as wood fo...

Cypress is a domestic hardwood species with primary uses in exterior construction, boat-building/restoration, interior trim, veneer, and moulding. ...

Birdseye figure is a rare and mysterious characteristic found in Hard Maple. There have been theories as to how Birdseye Maple forms, but no scient...

The Hard Maple is the state tree of Wisconsin, Vermont, New York and West Virginia. In the North, during the cold nights and warm days of late wint...

Hickory is very dense and has good shock resistance and steam-bending properties. It sands, turns, stains, and polishes well. People use it for bui...

Padauk is an exotic wood that is a bright orange or almost crimson wood when freshly cut, but oxidizes to a darker, rich purple-brown over time - a...

Pecan has slightly lower strength values than some of the other species of Hickory, but it is still among the hardest and strongest of woods nativ...

In an effort to preserve a natural resource, this Teak is plantation grown and harvested in and around Colombia to preserve the natural (Burmese) t...

Easy to cut, plane, and glue, Yellow Poplar (also called Tulip Poplar) is often used as a utility wood. Poplar has poor durability outside if untre...

Purple Heart is an exotic species whose mechanical properties are reported to lie somewhere between those of Greenheart and Oak, having exceptional...

Heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown. Color tends to darken with age. Besides the common ribbon pattern seen on quartersawn boards, Sapele i...

The Ambrosia Beetle is an insect that bores into trees and leaves behind a fungus which gives the Ambrosia Maple its unique appearance. Ambrosia Ma...

Soft Curly Maple is only slightly softer than Hard maple. Soft Maple often has better color and a more interesting grain pattern. It is an excellen...

Soft Tiger Maple is only slightly softer than Hard maple. Soft Maple often has better color and a more interesting grain pattern. It is an excellen...

Soft Maple is only slightly softer than Hard or Sugar Maple. It is similar to Cherry and Walnut in terms of hardness. Soft Maple is an excellent wo...

Spalting is simply a fungal discoloration of wood, and can be found on a wide range of wood species and genera. It is found in wood that has begun ...