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Ash

Ash

Fraxinus Spp., commonly known as Ash, are a genus of deciduous trees belonging to the Oleaceae family. Ash trees continue to be valued for their timber, which is used in various applications, including furniture, flooring, and tool handles.
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The sapwood is light-colored to nearly white and the heartwood varies from grayish or light brown, to pale yellow streaked with brown. The wood is generally straight-grained with a coarse uniform texture. The degree and availability of light-colored sapwood and other properties will vary according to the growing regions. 

WORKING PROPERTIES

Ash machines well, is good in nailing, screwing, and gluing, and can be stained to a very good finish. It dries fairly easily with minimal degradation, and there is little movement in performance. 

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Ash has very good overall strength properties relative to its weight. It has excellent shock resistance and is good for steam bending. 

RATINGS 1 TO 5 (BEST)

Machining: 4

Nailing: 4

Screwing: 4

Gluing: 4

Finishing: 5

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Value-Added Services

  • ROUGH CUT LUMBER

    Rough cut lumber comes straight from the mill through the dry kiln in the form of planks. This is a version of lumber that has been kiln dried with no further processing.


  • SURFACE 2 SIDES (S2S)

    Surfaced Two Sides (S2S) is rough lumber that has been dressed on the top and bottom of the board in order to meet the requested thickness. Associated Hardwoods has state-of-the-art planers that dress the boards to meet the customer's exact specifications.

  • S2S/RIP-TO-WIDTH

    Rip-To-Width lumber is where both sides of the board are ripped to a customer's specified width after surfacing. Also available S3S, straight line ripped one edge after surfacing.

  • S2S/RIP/CUT-TO-LENGTH

    Rip-To-Width/Cut-To-Length is where the board is manufactured and defected to a customer's unique specifications.

  • S2S/GLUED-TO-SPEC

    Glued-To-Spec is where boards are ripped & cut and glued into a panels.

NHLA Grading Rules

The NHLA grades are based on the percentage of clear-defect free wood on a board. The measurements of this percentage are referred to as clear-cuttings.

Other than the FAS grades, the grade of the board is determined from the percentage of these clear cuttings and do not consider defects outside of the clear areas.

Learn more about NHLA Grading with this downloadable resource.

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NHLA Grading Rules