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Maple (Hard Maple)

Dense, fine-grained hardwood with good wear resistance. Hard maple is the usual choice for flooring, butcher blocks and work surfaces where the surface has to take abuse.

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

Properties

Family
Wood
Category
wood
Species
Acer saccharum
Density
0.705 g/cm³ · 705 kg/m³

Densityhow maple (hard maple) compares

Density of Maple (Hard Maple) — 0.705 g/cm³Maple (Hard Map…0.70Water1.00Aluminium2.700369g/cm³
0.705 g/cm³ — 705 kg/m³Water 1.00 · Aluminium 2.70

Applicationswhere maple (hard maple) is normally specified

FlooringButcher blocksWork surfacesCabinetry

Practical notes

  • Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
  • Hard maple is substantially denser than soft or silver maple
  • Moves noticeably with moisture — allow for expansion in wide panels

Lumber sizeswhat maple (hard maple) 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 maple (hard maple)'s density of 0.705 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.

Used in these projectsbuilds whose bill of materials calls for it

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