maple
origin: Austria, Germany, Croatia and Romania
tree:
- grows up to 25 m high
- branchless trunks up to 10 m long
wood:
- hard wood (dense and tough)
- colour almost white
- pores finely dispersed
special features:
- easy to process
- very attractive grain
- yellows easily (can be prevented by treating with white herbal oil)
- extremely suitable for furniture production
beech
origin: Germany, Austria
tree:
- grows up to 30 to 40 m high
- Smooth trunk, high crown
wood:
- hard, highly elastic wood
- reddish colour, becomes
darker when steamed
- numerous, finely dispersed pores
special features:
- heavy type of wood
- excellent for furniture and carpentry
- very large shrinkage ratio
oak
origin: Germany, Austria, Hungary
tree:
- grows up to 35 m high
- branchless trucks up to 10 m long
wood:
- hard wood
- sapwood is grey, heartwood
grey-brown to light reddish brown
- ring-porous hardwood
special features:
- oak is highly decorative
- it should be seasoned slowly as oak has a
strong tendency to check and warp
- extremely suitable for furniture production.
- oak is extremely durable
- sapwood is not used for furniture production.
alder
origin: Hungary, Poland (damp locations, such as flood lands and river forests)
tree:
- slender tree reaching a height of
20 to 33 m
- diameter 30 to 60 cm
wood:
- medium-hard wood
- reddish to yellow colour with
dark brown pith flecks
- finely dispersed, hardly visible pores
- moderate shrinkage
special features:
- no over-exploitation due to rapid new growth
- highly absorbent for surface finishes
- colour variations are common!
- TEAM 7 made wood respectable for furniture production back in 1980.
core beech
origin: Germany, Austria
tree:
- grows up to 30 to 40 m high
- Smooth trunk with high crown
wood:
- hard wood (dense, little elasticity)
- red to red-brown, vague to jagged
shading
- facultative heart formation
special features:
- differences in colour, fine cracks, intergrowth,
small branches are characteristic of the heartwood
- more lively graining owing to natural coloured portions!
- extremely decorative colour ranges, therefore
widely used in furniture production.
cherry
origin: Austria, Hungary and Romania
tree:
- grows up to 20 m high
- clean trunks are very rare!
- large crown with many branches
wood:
- moderately hard wood
- darkens slowly
- semi-ring-porous wood
- unsteamed the wood is very
colourful; from yellow through
red to grey
special features:
- easy to process
- steaming produces a very uniform
reddish colour!
- very rare, precious type of wood.
- used exclusively for furniture production!
walnut
origin: Austria, Slovenia and Hungary
tree:
- grows up to 20 to 25 m high
- clean trunks are rare
- tree has a large crown with
numerous branches!
wood:
- moderately hard wood
- sapwood grey to yellowish,
heartwood grey-brown,
violet-brown to black-brown
- moderate shrinkage
special features:
- easy to process
- highly decorative
- differences in fibre and colour are common
- very rare, precious type of wood
- used exclusively for furniture production
