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Poplar (Yellow)

Light, uniform hardwood that is easy to work and takes paint well. The usual choice for painted cabinetry, interior trim and anything that will not be seen in its natural state.

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

Properties

Family
Wood
Category
wood
Species
Liriodendron tulipifera
Density
0.42 g/cm³ · 420 kg/m³

Densityhow poplar (yellow) compares

Density of Poplar (Yellow) — 0.42 g/cm³Poplar (Yellow)0.42Water1.00Aluminium2.700369g/cm³
0.42 g/cm³ — 420 kg/m³Water 1.00 · Aluminium 2.70

Applicationswhere poplar (yellow) is normally specified

Painted cabinetryInterior trimMouldingsJigs

Practical notes

  • Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
  • Low durability — interior use only unless protected

Lumber sizeswhat poplar (yellow) 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 poplar (yellow)'s density of 0.42 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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