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Norway spruceNorway spruce
Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Family: Pinaceae

Common names: Baltic white pine , Baltic whitewood, Common spruce, European spruce, European whitewood, Finnish whitewood, Fir, Gran, Northern whitewood, Norway spruce, Russian whitewood, Spruce, Spruce fir, Violin wood, White baltic, White deal, White fir, White pine, Whitewood

Distributed in: Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom (Eastern Europe, Western Europe)

Distribution overview: The species is widely distributed throughout Europe, except in Denmark and the Netherlands.Although Norway spruce is native to and occurs in the wild over most of northern and central Europe, it is widely cultivated in the United Kingdom and southeastern Canada. It has also been successfully planted in the northeast, the Rocky Mountains, and the Pacific Coast regions in the United States. The tree usually grows in moist soils in humid, cool, temperate regions.

Common uses: Balusters, Boat building: masts, Boxes and crates, Building materials, Carvings, Casks, Ceiling, Cooperages, Core Stock, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Domestic flooring, Drum sticks, Excelsior, Factory flooring, Figured veneer, Flooring, Food containers, Furniture, General carpentry, Interior construction, Joinery (external): ground contact, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Millwork, Mine timbers, Musical instruments , Musical instruments: piano, Musical instruments: strings, Organ pipes, Packing cases, Parquet flooring, Plain veneer, Plywood corestock, Plywood, Poles, Pulp/Paper products, Sounding boards, Stairrails, Stairworks, Stringers, Structural plywood, Sub-flooring, Utility plywood, Veneer, Violin bows, Violin, Wainscotting, Xylophones

Product sources: Much of Norway spruce bes imported into the United Kingdom from Russia and Scandinavia under the trade name of Whitewood or White deal.

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Tree height is 20-30 m

Colors: the heart isWhite to cream, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureMediumand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Sapwood is vulnerable to attack by furniture beetles, Susceptible to attack by fungi

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Requires care to minimize degrade

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is variable

Cutting Resistance: Rather low

Gluing: Moderate gluing properties

Nailing: Good nailing characteristics, Holds nails well

Planing: Difficult to plane Knotty wood requires sharp cutting edges for best , because tear may occur around knots in planing. Clear stock works easily with both hand and machine tools in planing, turning, boring, moulding, and in most wood working operations to produce smooth and clean surfaces

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Very sharp cutting edges are required to produce a smooth surface

Sanding: Good sanding properties

Veneering qualities: No drying degrade. Dries flat without splitting, There is slight to moderate drying degrade and the potential for buckles and splits

Steam bending: Very poor

Screwing: Easy to screw, Screwing yields good results;

Painting: Takes paint well ; Polishing: Good; Staining: Good staining qualities; Varnishing: Satisfactory;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,31 0,43
Density 448 kg/m3
Bending Strength 372 641 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 197 362 kg/cm2
Hardness 171 kg
Impact Strength 48 43 cm
Shearing Strength 80 kg/cm2
Stiffness 78 98 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Weight 400 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,42 0,63 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 149 cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 5299 9128 psi
Density 28 lbs/ft3
Hardness 377 lbs
Impact Strength 19 17 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 2816 5149 psi
Shearing Strength 1138 psi
Stiffness 1121 1406 1000 psi
Toughness 130 inch-lbs
Work to Maximum Load 6 9 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.31 0.43
Weight 25 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 2 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft. 0
31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Low
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Medium
Max. crushing strength = low
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = very low
Toughness (total work) = very low
Small
Mor/Bending strength = very low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Moderate
Max. crushing strength = very low
Low
Low
Low
Fairly large
15-22 lbs/cu. ft.
Trength properties are reported to vary widely and are dependent upon origin, but the timber is comparable to Redwood (Sequoia) in most respects. It has medium bending strength in the air-dry condition (about 12 percent moisture content). It is closer in strength to Mahogany than either Teak or White oak. It is weak in compression parallel to grain (maximum crushing strength). The wood is soft, and surfaces may dent easily. It also does not wear well, and mars easily. Wood is low in weight, and has average, or medium, density. Wood produced by Spruce trees from central and eastern Europe possesses exceptional resonance qualities and is used for sound boards of pianos and bellies of violins and guitars. Work to Maximum Load

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