The lowest janka rating for an ash wood is black ash at 850.
What is ash hardwood used for.
Black ash trees are also a big part of the natural ecosystem.
The seeds branches and leaves are used as food by a number of birds and animals.
Ash has a hardness rating of 1200 most scales generally agree but sometimes they may be slightly different in number.
Blue ash has a janka rating of 2 030.
White ash has excellent shock resistance and along with hickory carya spp it is one of the most commonly used hardwoods for tool handles in north america particularly in shovels and hammers where toughness and impact resistance.
This goes back a very long time in american furniture making.
Green ash and black ash trees are preferentially attacked by the insects followed by white ash and blue ash.
The specific gravity of ash woods ranges from 0 60 for white ash to 0 49 for black ash.
A cord of hardwood produces roughly 5 8 gallons of wood ash so that means we have around 30 40 gallons of wood ash in the spring.
White ash is rated at 1 320 and green ash at 1 200.
It dries fairly easily with minimal degrade and there is little movement in performance.
Ash wood has a similar density and grain to oak.
White ash is used extensively in sporting goods bats oars pool cues tool handles cabinet work high class joinery plywood paneling and veneer.
Ash machines well is good in nailing screwing and gluing and can be stained to a very good finish.
I ve always had the impression that ash is the rodney dangerfield of the hardwood lumber world.
Oregon ash has a janka rating of 1 160 and pumpkin ash rates 990.
It is used traditionally by gardeners as a good source of potash.
Frequently ash is used as a substitute for red oak.
Wood ash is the residue powder left after the combustion of wood such as burning wood in a home fireplace or an industrial power plant.
In fact it s often used as a replacement for oak and is sometimes called golden oak like oak cherry and maple tree wood ash is considered a hardwood tree.
For example since ash is a hardwood it is important not to sand it with too fine a grit of sandpaper before staining.
This variety of ash is popular for use in basket weaving electric guitars flooring boxes baseball bats and other tool handles.
The emerald ash borer has been decimating the species.
It just doesn t get any respect.
That s way too much for any single use so we ve had to find creative ways to use what would otherwise be a waste product.