Chinese elm heartwood ranges in tone from reddish brown to light tan or flesh coloured while the sapwood approaches off white.
Chinese elm wood grain.
The most basic division of elm species is between hard and soft elm.
The wood is very tough and has extensive interlocked grain.
Unlike other elms freshly cut chinese elm has a peppery or spicy odour.
It is one of the densest and hardest of woods.
Hard and soft scans pictures.
Moderately dense elm weighs nearly 40 lbs.
The greatest diversity is found in china.
It is no longer found in china and is imported from southeast asia and africa to makers in china.
The usually dramatic grain resembles ash.
Interlocked grain means that the lengthwise grain from year to year goes different directions instead of being perfectly vertical in the.
Per cubic foot dry.
We asked his opinion on some of the working and drying properties and this was his response.
The wood itself is rare very hard with fine lined grain.
Ulmiform patterning is evident even on the face grain of elm as thin zig zags between growth rings.
Eight species are endemic to north america and a smaller number to europe.
The wood of the hard elms sometimes referred to.
This sample was sent to us by eric beckman who is harvesting chinese elm.
The hardest part of the process was the drying the lumber tried its best to warp every which way so i just piled more and more weight on top.
Difficult to carve and carved by only experts.
Being so young there was very little heartwood formed yet the darker brown wood on the right half with the majority of the wood being sapwood light area on the left half of the scans.
The grain is often handsome and dramatic.
Elm wood was valued for its interlocking grain and consequent resistance to splitting with significant uses in wagon wheel hubs chair seats and coffins.