Rift Sawn White Oak Veneer Plywood

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Rift sawn white oak veneer plywood.

Often used with quarter sliced and rift sliced veneers this is the process in which a sequence of matching veneer leaves or consecutive sheets of veneer are slipped out one after the next to form the face of a panel product. Rift sawn white oak lumber has straight tight grain with heartwood that is a light to medium brown and commonly with an olive cast. When cutting this lumber at the sawmill each log is sawed at a radial angle into four quarters hence the name. The woods sapwood is nearly white to light brown and not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood.

Wood marketed as white oak may contain other white oak species but quercus alba is primary species. Rift white oak wood veneer has a very nice and straight grain. Our selection of this veneer includes some of the finest curly and figured oak available. Find and buy wide selection of white oak plywood rift sawn in the hardwood plywood department.

Quercus alba common names. The arts and crafts movement and mission style furniture period have paved the way for some of the most iconic uses of white oak lumber and veneer. Quarter sawn lumber is defined as wood where the annular growth rings intersect the face of the board at a 60 to 90 degree angle. Dramatic flecking is also present in red oak and white oak.

Rift sawn white oak plywood comes in 4 x 8 sheets available in 1 4 inch and 3 4 inch thickness rift sawn white oak plywood has heartwood that is a light to medium brown commonly with an olive cast. Rift cutting minimizes the flake appearance. Straight grained with a medium coarse to coarse texture. Eastern white oak stave oak ridge white oak cucharillo encino and roble sources.

Rift sawn lumber is very dimensionally stable and has a unique linear appearance. Plywood oak white botanical name. Standard grade rift cut white oak veneer normally allows for some defects such as occasional pin knots and or mineral streaks. Nearly white to light brown sapwood is not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood.

Light tannish heartwood with narrow. White oak veneer plywood columbia forest products is proud to offer an exciting variety of hardwood and decorative softwood species of faces. White oak veneer plywood columbia forest products is proud to offer an exciting variety of hardwood and decorative softwood species of faces. The principal uses for white oak are cabinetry furniture interior trim flooring boatbuilding barrels and veneer.

Its grain is narrower than red oak if there is a furniture or architectural project being worked on this is a great wood. Purdue university describes white oak as truly the all american wood because of its strength and durability.