Chestnut Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Chestnut Amount of Figure: High
Chestnut Amount of Natural Luster: Low
Chestnut Availability of Wood: Rare
Chestnut Available As Lumber: Yes
Chestnut Available as Veneer: Yes
Chestnut Available only in small sizes: No
Chestnut Bending Strength: Moderate
Chestnut Blunting of Tool Blades: Low
Chestnut Botanical Name: Castanea dentata
Chestnut Carving: Average to somewhat difficult to carve
Chestnut Clear Finish or Varnish: Insufficient Data Available
Chestnut Color of Wood: Light Brown
Chestnut Contrast between growth rings: Ring Porous
Chestnut Crushing Strength: Moderate
Chestnut Decorative Figure: Yes
Chestnut Density: Moderate
Chestnut Drilling: Very good
Chestnut Fill before Finishing: Requires a filler
Chestnut Gluing: Good
Chestnut Grain: Mostly Straight
Chestnut Growth Ring Pattern Plainsawn: Well-defined or Conspicuous growth ring
Chestnut Growth Ring Pattern Quartersawn: Noticeable or distinct growth ring stripe, ribbon or flake pattern
Chestnut Hand Tooling: Average
Chestnut Hardness: Soft, easy to dent
Chestnut Hardwood or Softwood: Hardwood
Chestnut Harmful Properties: Non Toxic
Chestnut Interlocked Grain: No
Chestnut Kiln-dried Shrinkage: Moderate
Chestnut Machine Tools: Average
Chestnut Mortising: Good
Chestnut Movement after drying: Low
Chestnut Nail Holding: Fair - Nails hold or are fairly easily pulled out
Chestnut Nailing: Fair - may require pre-drilled pilot hole especially near ends
Chestnut Natural Durability: Durable
Chestnut Number of Knots: Low
Chestnut Painting: Good
Chestnut Planing: Good
Chestnut Polishing: Fair
Chestnut Pounds per cubic foot maximum: 31
Chestnut Pounds per cubic foot minimum: 31
Chestnut Reacts with Iron Fasteners or Hardware: Yes
Chestnut Sanding: Fair or satisfactory
Chestnut Sawing: Moderate cutting resistance
Chestnut Screw Holding: Good - Fairly difficult to remove screws
Chestnut Screwing: Tends to split wood - Requires pre-drilled pilot holes
Chestnut Shaping: Fair or satisfactory
Chestnut Size of Knots: Small
Chestnut Size of Pores: Large Pores - Open grain
Chestnut Specific Gravity: Moderate
Chestnut Specific Gravity maximum: .44
Chestnut Specific Gravity minimum: .44
Chestnut Staining: Good
Chestnut Steam Bending: Poor
Chestnut Stiffness: Moderate
Chestnut Surface Preparation for Finishing: No
Chestnut Texture of the Wood: Coarse
Chestnut Toughness: Low
Chestnut Turning: Good
Chestnut Weight: Moderate
Chestnut Wood Defects: Honeycomb (or collapse), stain
Chestnut Work Notes: Reaction wood results in fuzzy, fibrous surfaces
Chestnut Use for Boxes, Crates or Pallets: YES
Chestnut Use for Carving: no
Chestnut Use for Cooperage: no
Chestnut Use for Decorative Veneer: YES
Chestnut Use for Flooring: no
Chestnut Use for Furniture: YES
Chestnut Use for Handles: no
Chestnut Use for Heavy Construction: no
Chestnut Use for Inlay: no
Chestnut Use for Interior Finish: no
Chestnut Use for Light Construction: YES
Chestnut Use for Marine Applications: no
Chestnut Use for Marquetry: no
Chestnut Use for Millwork: no
Chestnut Use for Models and Patterns: no
Chestnut Use for Musical Instruments: no
Chestnut Use for Novelties: no
Chestnut Use for Secondary Furniture Components: no
Chestnut Use for Shingles: no
Chestnut Use for Sports Equipment: no
Chestnut Use for Turnery: no
Chestnut Use for Woodenware: no