Southern Pine Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Southern Pine Alternative Name 1: Longleaf Pine
Southern Pine Alternative Name 2: Loblolly Pine
Southern Pine Alternative Name 3: Slash Pine
Southern Pine Amount of Figure: Intermediate
Southern Pine Amount of Natural Luster: Low
Southern Pine Availability of Wood: Adequate
Southern Pine Available As Lumber: Yes
Southern Pine Available as Veneer: Yes
Southern Pine Available only in small sizes: No
Southern Pine Bending Strength: High
Southern Pine Blunting of Tool Blades: Moderate
Southern Pine Botanical Name: Pinus spp.
Southern Pine Carving: Good, easy to carve
Southern Pine Clear Finish or Varnish: Fair
Southern Pine Color of Wood: Pink Brown
Southern Pine Contrast between growth rings: Uneven
Southern Pine Crushing Strength: High
Southern Pine Decorative Figure: No
Southern Pine Density: Moderate
Southern Pine Drilling: Good
Southern Pine Fill before Finishing: Insufficient Data Available
Southern Pine Gluing: Good
Southern Pine Grain: Straight
Southern Pine Growth Ring Pattern Plainsawn: Well-defined or Conspicuous growth ring
Southern Pine Growth Ring Pattern Quartersawn: Noticeable or distinct growth ring stripe, ribbon or flake pattern
Southern Pine Hand Tooling: Average
Southern Pine Hardness: Average
Southern Pine Hardwood or Softwood: Softwood
Southern Pine Harmful Properties: Non Toxic
Southern Pine Interlocked Grain: No
Southern Pine Kiln-dried Shrinkage: Low
Southern Pine Machine Tools: Average
Southern Pine Mortising: Fair or satisfactory
Southern Pine Movement after drying: Low
Southern Pine Nail Holding: Good- Nails are fairly difficult to pull out
Southern Pine Nailing: Good - Seldom splits wood
Southern Pine Natural Durability: Moderately durable
Southern Pine Number of Knots: Low
Southern Pine Painting: Fair
Southern Pine Planing: Average
Southern Pine Polishing: Fair
Southern Pine Pounds per cubic foot maximum: 43
Southern Pine Pounds per cubic foot minimum: 36
Southern Pine Reacts with Iron Fasteners or Hardware: No
Southern Pine Sanding: Fair or satisfactory
Southern Pine Sawing: Moderate cutting resistance
Southern Pine Screw Holding: Good - Fairly difficult to remove screws
Southern Pine Screwing: Good - Screwing seldom splits wood
Southern Pine Shaping: Good
Southern Pine Size of Knots: Large
Southern Pine Size of Pores: Insufficient Data Available
Southern Pine Specific Gravity: Moderate
Southern Pine Specific Gravity maximum: .51
Southern Pine Specific Gravity minimum: .51
Southern Pine Staining: Fair - May stain unevenly or change colors
Southern Pine Steam Bending: Poor
Southern Pine Stiffness: High
Southern Pine Surface Preparation for Finishing: No
Southern Pine Texture of the Wood: Moderately Coarse
Southern Pine Toughness: Moderate
Southern Pine Turning: Good
Southern Pine Weight: Moderate
Southern Pine Wood Defects: Check (or split), stain
Southern Pine Work Notes: Resin can clog cutters, use long pitched saw knives
Southern Pine Use for Boxes, Crates or Pallets: YES
Southern Pine Use for Carving: no
Southern Pine Use for Cooperage: YES
Southern Pine Use for Decorative Veneer: no
Southern Pine Use for Flooring: no
Southern Pine Use for Furniture: no
Southern Pine Use for Handles: no
Southern Pine Use for Heavy Construction: YES
Southern Pine Use for Inlay: no
Southern Pine Use for Interior Finish: YES
Southern Pine Use for Light Construction: YES
Southern Pine Use for Marine Applications: no
Southern Pine Use for Marquetry: no
Southern Pine Use for Millwork: no
Southern Pine Use for Models and Patterns: no
Southern Pine Use for Musical Instruments: no
Southern Pine Use for Novelties: no
Southern Pine Use for Secondary Furniture Components: no
Southern Pine Use for Shingles: no
Southern Pine Use for Sports Equipment: no
Southern Pine Use for Turnery: no
Southern Pine Use for Woodenware: no