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Ash (White)

Strong hardwood with excellent shock resistance — the reason it is used for tool handles, sports equipment and anything that has to absorb a repeated impact rather than resist a steady load.

Stock forms — Board section and side elevation, end grain showingannual ringsend graintwLside elevation
Ash (White) — stock formsSymbols only — no stock sizes are published

Properties

Family
Wood
Category
wood
Species
Fraxinus americana
Density
0.67 g/cm³ · 670 kg/m³

Densityhow ash (white) compares

Density of Ash (White) — 0.67 g/cm³Ash (White)0.67Water1.00Aluminium2.700369g/cm³
0.67 g/cm³ — 670 kg/m³Water 1.00 · Aluminium 2.70

Applicationswhere ash (white) is normally specified

Tool handlesSports equipmentFurnitureFlooring

Practical notes

  • Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
  • Outstanding impact strength relative to its weight

Lumber sizeswhat ash (white) weighs in each nominal size

Lumber size database

Dressed sizes are the same for every species — a 2x4 is 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 in in oak as much as in spruce. What changes is the weight, and that is derived here from ash (white)'s density of 0.67 g/cm³.

2x4 dimensions2x4x8 weight2x6 dimensions4x4 dimensions

Tools used on itmatched on the wood family, not on this page

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Circular SawCountersinkDrillHole SawImpact DriverJigsawMitre SawRandom Orbit SanderRouterTwist Drill Bits

Which tools work a material is a property of the family (Wood), not of the individual species — so this list is the same on every wood page, and changes when the tool data changes rather than when this paragraph does.

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