TYPES OF WOOD IN 13 MISTAKES Wood Janka Hardness Wood characteristics Boat part Source Notes 1 American Chestnut 540 Hard, durable, pretty grain cockpit table Flooring from 1800's family home in CT. This is the real deal from the before the Chestnut Blight. Not wormy. Hand sawn. jam cleats Probably from 1800's family home in CT. This is wormy Chestnut indicating it was harvested after about 1900. (Self-designed jam cleats.) canopy mount block Barn in Brookline NH This is wormy Chestnut indicating it was harvested after about 1900. 2 Angelique 1290 very hard and dense, rot and bug resistant outer upper stem scrap from Mystic Seaport's build of the Amistad in 1998-2000 I just happened to visit Mystic when the Amistad was being built and asked if I could have a piece of scrap. 3 Ash 1320 hard, tough, steam bendable, straight grained inwale Newfound Woodworks 1" x 1" x 16' strips made by Newfound Woodworks outwale Newfound Woodworks 3/4" x 2" x 16' s...
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