Tight Grain Hardwood

Contemporary minimalist or modern.

Tight grain hardwood.

Analyzing wood species grain and sawing methods here s a long and complex but very informative thread that starts off with a wood identification problem moves into a discussion of wood pore structure and then takes off on an interesting tangent about quartersawing flatsawing and other methods for piecing out a log. Minimal grain extremely tight color range in highest grades. Its tight grain and hardness makes it a popular wood for gymnasium floors cutting boards and the heels of women s shoes. White oak plywood has a tight grain and is a different species than red oak.

Ambers slightly with exposure to light. That s why white oak works so well for whiskey barrels and outdoor furniture. A clean and contemporary hardwood floor. Hickory carya spp the first strictly american hardwood species since it survived the glacial epoch some 50 million years ago.

Wide variation in lower grades. Used where minimal grain or pattern is desired. Creamy white in highest grade. White oak on the other hand has such a tight cell structure that water can t pass.

When close grained wood is cut into lumber it has the appeal of being smooth and without the irregular characteristics of wide grained woods. Close grained wood also called fine grained wood is any wood in which the annual rings in the wood are tight or close. 12 harder than red oak. White oak is mostly straight grained with a medium to coarse texture with longer rays than red oak.