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Wood:
Walnut Furniture
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Walnut is one of the finest hardwoods. Walnut wood is regarded as the
most valuable amongst woods of the temperate zone and suitable for a
large numb of products and uses such as veneers, furniture and interior
joinery constructions, music instruments, carving, sport items, gun
stocks and fore-ends, etc Walnut is a deciduous tree reaching 20 meters
in height that produces an edible nut that can be pressed into a
high-quality vegetable oil. |
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Walnut mixes well with other woods and natural materials to provide a
friendly atmosphere in otherwise austere interiors. This species
produces a greater variety of figure types than any other. . At the
present time, walnut plantations comprise about 36,3% of the total
number of walnut trees grown in Greece, Characteristics are moderately
heavy, very strong, and exceptionally stable, although, they constitute
the main source of the walnut wood production in the country for the
future. |
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Walnut was used for many examples of Qing period furniture sourced from
the Shanxi region, which generally demonstrate refined workmanship;
earlier pieces are extremely rare. In modern times, the walnut can be
used for furniture, such as cabinets, doors, flooring, architectural
woodwork, gunstocks, and novelties. Walnut takes and holds paints and
stains exceptionally well, and is readily polished. |
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China has several species of walnut that produce timber suited for
high-quality furniture-making. The sapwood of walnut is creamy white,
while the heartwood is light brown to dark chocolate brown, occasionally
with a purplish cast and darker streaks. The light-colored sapwood is
clearly distinguishable from the heartwood, the latter being
reddish-brown too chestnut-brown in color, and sometimes even purplish,
or with darker striated patterning. |
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Walnut is usually supplied steamed, to darken sapwood. This species
produces a greater variety of figure types than any other. The sapwood
of black walnut is nearly white, while the heartwood is light brown to
dark, chocolate brown, often with a purplish cast and darker streaks.
The wood is heavy, hard, and stiff and has high shock resistance. It
dries very slowly, but is quite stable afterwards. It is of medium
density and has a relatively fine texture. |
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Black walnut is straight grained and easily worked with hand tools and
by machine. It finishes beautifully and holds paint and stain
exceptionally well. It also glues and polishes well. Walnut is a plant
that has significant economical value and medicinal importance for human
health. Walnut is easily confused with nanmu, however, the surface of
walnut tends to have more of an open-grained texture. Walnut lumber is
used for fine furniture, architectural woodwork, musical instruments,
decorative panels, interior trim, and flooring. Large amounts are also
used for veneer. |
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Furthermore, their freshly worked surfaces each emit
a distinctive fragrance. Its stability and shock resistance make it the
wood of choice for gun stocks. At present, much bedroom furniture is
finished in oil to avoid the expense of varnishing. Many customers
appreciate its "easy of use" and beautiful colors to use as a craft wood
in all their small turning and scroll saw projects. When walnut is well
seasoned and well worked, and the grain filled with good copal varnish
so as to show no pores, but is as perfect on the surface as glass, it
will wear as well as any wood that is used. |
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05/06/08
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