Oak's great divide: whether rift cut or quartered, white oak continues to be a hit with users.(WOOD OF THE MONTH: White Oak)

Wood & Wood Products | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

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Versatile is a good description for American white oak, the popular species that is used as veneer or in solid form for a wide range of uses, including flooring, furniture, cabinetry, doors, paneling, architectural millwork, moulding, shipbuilding and even caskets.

With its distinctive, water-tight properties due to its tyloses, white oak also is highly popular for cooperage, where it is used to make staves for whiskey, wine and beer barrels. The time of storage in oak barrels also is essential in imparting that welt-known flavor, due ...

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