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Name
• Scientific name: Fagus sylvatica L.
• Spanish name: Beech
Origin

Description of the wood
• Sapwood and heartwood range from orange-white to light pink.
• Grain: Straight
• Texture: Fine
• Characteristic defects: Growth stresses, false red heartwood due to chromogenic attack.
Impregnation
• Impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: Easy. Risk of warping.
• Drying: Difficult and slow. Risk of cracking.
• Planing: Easy. Bends, turns, and carves relatively well.
• Gluing: Easy.
• Nailing and screwing: No difficulty.
• Finishing: Easy, takes stains very well.
Applications
• Fine interior furniture and joinery. Carving, bending, and turning.
Interior joinery and paneling: Doors, flooring, wainscoting, moldings.
Decorative veneers and plywood.
Sporting goods.
Mechanical properties
• Static bending strength: 1,100 kg/cm²
• Modulus of elasticity: 145,000 kg/cm²
• Compressive strength (parallel): 580 kg/cm²
• Tensile strength (parallel): 1,200 kg/cm²
To be considered
- The central area of the trunk may be brown or reddish. See the third photograph.
- It is also found in North America, but with abundant knots.
- The photos show the natural or white beech.
- The trend is towards a slightly steamed beech, pale pink in color, which is also called NATUR, as it achieves more uniform tones.