Wood Types

Ruu_Old

Im manufacturing a bed base and i need to make it from Canadian Spruce, the place in town only has Spruce Pine Fir, is that the same or different than Canadian Spruce?

mad m

All I can say is "Kadman" front,line&centre,sort this fella's problem out!

kadman

H,

The spruce -pine -fir description is relative to a group of over 100 different softwood species, including Canadian spruce. They are a combination of similar strength type softwoods.

http://forestry.about.com/library/tree/blwhsp.htm

The links may will show how different species are grouped.


http://www.cwc.ca/products/lumber/visually_graded/species.php


http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/Wood/

As there is no way of identifying the timber available from the supplier. Unless it is stamped Canadian spruce , its doubtful to easily identify it. If the need to use the same timber is only for visual reasons, then you could bring a piece to the supplier, explain it is spruce, and match it visually.Spruces are more commonly known as white deals.

kadman

Ruu_Old

legend nice one thanks for the links, very helpful.