Fir
Denominación.
• Scientific name: Picea abies Karst
• Spanish: Spruce
Provenance
Description of the wood
• Sapwood: Yellowish
white • Heartwood: Reddish
yellow • Fiber: Right
• Grain: Medium to fine
• Characteristic Singularities: Small, healthy or very abundant saltadizos knots.
Impregnation
• Sapwood: Little impregnable
• Heartwood: Non-impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: Easy, without difficulties
• Drying: Fast with risk of fendas and atejado
• Planning: Without difficulties
• Gluing: Good
• Nailing and screwing: Tending to crack. Low resistance to starting
• Finish: Uneven tinting.
Applications
• Interior carpentry. Laminated wood: Interior carpentry of coatings. friezes, fences, pre-fences, mouldings, skirting boards.
• Decorative plates
• Musical
instruments • Packaging
Notes
• It can present resin bags, as can be seen in the third photograph.