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General Information:
The wood of red elm is fairly easy to work, it nails, screws and glues well, and can be sanded and stained to a good finish. It dries well with minimum degrade and little movement in performance.

Harvested Areas:
The North-Eastern Appalachian region.

Typical Uses/Availability:
Furniture, cabinet making, flooring, millwork, paneling and caskets. Limited availability in 4/4 and 5/4, 6/4 and heavier material is rather rare.

Relative Abundance:
3% of total U.S. hardwoods commercially available.

Working Properties:
Machining Quality: Good
Resistance to Spliting in Nailing: Excellent
Resistance to Spliting in Screwing: Excellent
Gluing Quality: Good

Physical Properties:
Specific Gravity (12% M.C.): 0.53
Average Shipping Weight In Kg Per Cubic Meter (Air Dry): 610
Volumetric Shrinkage (oven dry % of green): 13.8
Rupture (Kilopascals): 90,000
Elasticity (Megapascals): 10,300
Hardness (Newtons): 3,800
Thickness
Grade
Availability
4/4
FAS/1F
307
4/4
Com/Sel
809
4/4
2 Com
1373
4/4
3 Com
431












If our current inventory does not meet your needs, please contact us to inquire if your desired items are attainable. In many cases AFP can meet our customer's needs, even if the required items are not in current inventory.