Our Materials

American Ash

American ash is tough, easy to work with and shock resistant. It is a popular wood for utility and practical applications. It has pleasing gluing and finishing characteristics. Its grains are usually straight, with colour ranging from light beige to light brown, incorporating medium to dark brown stripes.

APPLICATIONS

Flooring, Millwork (Doors, Wood Panelling, Door Frames), and Turned Objects such as Tool Handles

American white oak

White oak is one of the preeminent hardwoods. Tough and durable, it responds well to steam bending. The grains are straight. The wood has large pores and a generally coarse surface, yet it glues and holds stains and finishes well. Colours range from a light golden tan to a light to medium brown.

APPLICATIONS

Cabinetry, Furniture, Interior Trim, Flooring, Interior and Exterior Utility Wood, and Veneer

American walnut

Black walnut is one of the most durable and popular hardwoods. The wood has a remarkable strength-to-weight ratio and excellent working properties. Admired by furniture craftsmen and cabinet builders for centuries, black walnut is durable, stable and has excellent shock resistance. People love its deep chocolate colour, which often reveals streaks of red or purple, as well as its fine texture and warm lustre.

APPLICATIONS

Furniture, Cabinetry, Interior Panelling, Interior Trim, Veneer, Turnings, and Small Specialty Items

Japanese cedar

Japanese cedar is highly valued for its strong yet lightweight qualities as well as its pleasant scent – making it ideal for clothing or linen cupboards. As is the case with the other wood we use at Craft Furniture, it glues, stains and finishes well. Japanese cedar is a reddish-pink. Its grain is straight and its texture is medium.

APPLICATIONS

Residential and Commercial Construction, Furniture, Woodturning and Carving

Iroko

Iroko is very sturdy. Its texture and grain looks similar to teak, but its colour is golden to medium brown. In addition to being workable, and gluing and finishing well, it is also resistant to rot and insect infestation.

APPLICATIONS

Veneer, Flooring, Furniture, Cabinetry, and Specialty Wood Items

Kiaat

Kiaat has a great strength-to-weight ratio, which makes it versatile and suited to a variety of applications. It is strong, stable, workable, and insect resistant. Grains and colours are more variable. You could find kiaat that is a light golden to medium brown tinted with red or purple. It has a natural sheen. Grains can be straight, interlocked or wavy. Kiaat has fine to medium textures. It also turns, glues and finishes well.

APPLICATIONS

Furniture, Veneer, Turnings, and Small Wooden Objects

Veneer

In the context of woodworking, veneer means thin slices of wood usually glued together onto core panels. This promotes stability and avoids the warping and splitting that can sometimes happen with solid wood. Projects that incorporate wood veneer do so to compensate for expansion and contraction resulting from changes in temperature and humidity.

APPLICATIONS

Cabinet Interiors and Exteriors, Countertops, Doors, Drawers, Shelves