Beech

Beech wood is short-grained, yet dense and hard. The short grain makes it easy to work and excellent for use on a wood-turning lath.  Beech wood is not very durable outdoors. Beech wood is relatively free of taste and smells and so it was often used for kitchen utensils, bowls and spoons.

The colour of the wood is cream to medium-brown. It often has streaks of different colour, but these do not affect strength. The rays are more distinctive than the growth rings, which causes the wood to be flecked, rather than to have spectacular wood-grain patterns.

In Britain, large plantations of Beech were grown in the Chilterns during the last two centuries to service the chair-making industry. Because of its versatility, being strong, yet easily worked, Beech has replaced Oak as the major hardwood timber crop in Britain.

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