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Smee Timber Ltd is established as one of Britain's leading and most comprehensive hardwood importing and manufacturing companies, offering an enormous choice of timber to manufacturers and users.

 

 

 

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Soft Maple

TEMPERATE HARDWOOD

 Soft Maple Timber

Family:

 Aceraceae

Latin Name:

 Acer rubrum

Distribution:

 Canada and Eastern USA.

Uses:

 Soft maple is used for domestic flooring, furniture, interior joinery, piano actions, dairy and laundry equipment, sports goods, turnery, panelling, etc. Selected logs are rotary cut for plywood manufacture in Canada and USA, and sliced for highly figured decorative veneering.

General Description:
Soft Maple is creamy white and is straight grained. It is less lustrous than rock maple and the growth rings are comparatively indistinct. The rays are narrower and less conspicuous but pith flecks more frequently present. Weight 630 kg/m3 (39 lb/ft3), and specific gravity: 63 average.  

Mechanical Properties:
Medium bending and crushing strengths, low stiffness and resistance to shock loads. It is good for steam bending.  

Seasoning:
Dries slowly with little degrade or problems. There is small movement in service.  

Durability:
The heartwood is non-durable and liable to attack by insects. It is moderately resistant to preservative treatment but the sapwood is permeable.  

Other Names:

Soft maple (UK). Pacific maple (UK).