Hard maple

Hard maple is the wood yielded by Acer saccharum in its wider sense (i.e. Sugar maple & Black maple). It is a favorite for floors, bowling alleys, furniture, and electric guitar necks. The weight per cubic metre is roughly 740 kg.^[1]

References

↑ Hard Maple published by Niche Timbers.

Woodworking

Overviews

Forms

Woods

Soft	Calocedrus Cedar Cedrus Cupressaceae Cypress Douglas fir Fir Juniper Larch Pine Spruce Taxus baccata

Hard	Ash Alder Aspen Balsa Beech Birch Cherry Chestnut Ebony Elm Hazel Linden * Lime * Basswood Mahogany Maple Oak Padauk Plum Poplar Teak Totara Walnut Willow

Tools

Abrasives Axe Adze Chisel Clamp Drawknife Drill Float Mallet Milling machine Mitre box Moulding plane Plane Rasp Router Sandpaper Timber-framing Vise Winding sticks Wood scribe Workbench

Saws	Backsaw Bandsaw Bow Bucksaw Chainsaw Circular Coping Crosscut Frame Fretsaw Jigsaw Keyhole Miter Rip Veneer Whipsaw

Geometry

Joints	Birdsmouth Bridle Butt Butterfly Coping Crown of thorns Dados Dovetail Finger Groove Halved Hammer-headed tenon Knee Lap Mason's mitre Miter Mortise and tenon Rabbet Scarf Splice Tongue and groove

Profiles	Bead Bevel Chamfer Molding Ogee Ogive

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