Raw Material
Wood is a living and evolving material.
If well treated, it restores warmth and well-being.
BEECH
Carpentry in general, furniture, interior design, floor boards ...
Calligaro Category: Building material
ART. BEECH - Naz. - European
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FINISH: MATT
FEATURES:
Nominal thickness
- 25 mm
- 30 mm
- 40 mm
- 60 mm
- 80 mm
- 100 mm
- on request
Specific weight
on request Lamellar beams
Dimensions
- Massive beams
- 10 x 10
- 15 x 15
- 20 x 20
- Maximum length 13 m
STANDARD SIZE 3050 X 100 mm
To build an ad hoc piece of furniture, beech wood can be the best choice!
Beech Wood: Characteristics and Applications
Heavy and robust
Easy to work with, inexpensive and resistant: it is above all these three properties that make beech wood one of the most appreciated and used woods to build chairs, interior furniture and other types of furniture. As proof of what has just been said, compactness, convenience and resistance are, in fact, all factors that we also find in the classic country chair.
We have specified furniture for interiors because, in fact, beech wood is suitable for the creation of furniture intended to be in the rooms of houses, clubs, restaurants and other indoor settings, but over time it tends to deteriorate and deteriorate when used for furniture intended to be in the garden or outdoors. In addition to the structure and frame of chairs and furniture, beech is also used for the creation of handicrafts, plywood, veneers, parquet floors, stairs and parquet, but also for tools, furnishing accessories, musical instruments. , toys and boxes for commercial use (for example, the classic fruit box is typically made of beech).
Appropriately treated with tar, the beech is then also used for the construction of the railway sleepers placed between the tracks and finally, considering its good price on the market, it is certainly one of the best-selling types of wood as wood for burn for stoves and fireplaces.
Beech wood is widely used in the construction of furniture and interior furnishings:
It is widespread in all European forests and in France, so much so that its leaf was chosen as the symbol of the XVI Winter Olympic Games in Albertville.
- chairs (mainly in bent wood),
- veneers and plywood (also folded plywood
- stairs and parquet (with strips and mosaic)
- toys
- kitchen utensils
- brushes and parts of tools
- packaging such as fruit crates
- production of cellulose (from which textile fibers are subsequently obtained)
- production of wood panels
- firewood, as well as for the production of charcoal
Pros and cons of beech wood:
Thanks to its mostly straight grain, high elasticity and low flexural strength, beech wood lends itself well to the production of curves if subjected to a vaporization process which, among other things, gives the wood a pleasant reddish hue. Beech wood is used almost exclusively for the construction of furniture, furnishings and other indoor uses, because its curability is very poor. Beech is particularly prone to cracking, therefore, having to join it with nails and screws, it is always advisable to proceed with the prior preparation of the pilot holes.
Another advantage of the beech tree is its poor attackability by insects. Thanks to the easy peeling it is often used in the production of plywood. In the form of solid wood, it lends itself to a variety of uses in carpentry, for handicraft and back work, as well as for rifle butts, shuttles and shuttles for the textile industry. Finally, the results that can be obtained with painting and varnishing are excellent.
| Category / Family / Name | Genus of the Fagaceae family. |
| Origin | Italy / France |
| Color | Yellowish-white |
| Weaving | Fine and uniform |
| Mass (after seasoning) | - Lightweight 730 kg / m³ |
| Durability | - Poor |
| Stability | ++ Fair |
| Machinability | ++ Good |
| Hardness | + Fair |
| Mechanical characteristics | - Axial 110 kg / cm², bending 580 kg / cm² |
| Gluing | +++ Great |
| Painting | ++ Good |
| Legend | - Poor - Moderate + Fair ++ Good +++ Excellent |
Versatile and functional
The beech is a widespread tree both in Italy and in Europe, where it grows from the south of Norway and Sweden up to the Mediterranean. Originally from England, it abounds in Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland and Russia. The species that grows in Italy, particularly in the Alps and the Apennines, bears the scientific name of Fagus Sylvatica and belongs to the Fagaceae family. The climatic zone is that of the mid-mountain, called fagacetum, the same in which various other woody species proliferate including oak and chestnut.
The leaves of the European beech have an oval shape, are shiny and have a serrated edge. They are resistant to falling so that they often remain attached to the branches even in winter. Although not very long-lived, the beech can reach considerable dimensions, namely a diameter of up to 140 centimeters at the chest and a height of 35 meters.
Beech Wood: Characteristics and Applications
Heavy and robust
Easy to work with, inexpensive and resistant: it is above all these three properties that make beech wood one of the most appreciated and used woods to build chairs, interior furniture and other types of furniture. As proof of what has just been said, compactness, convenience and resistance are, in fact, all factors that we also find in the classic country chair.
We have specified furniture for interiors because, in fact, beech wood is suitable for the creation of furniture intended to be in the rooms of houses, clubs, restaurants and other indoor settings, but over time it tends to deteriorate and deteriorate when used for furniture intended to be in the garden or outdoors. In addition to the structure and frame of chairs and furniture, beech is also used for the creation of handicrafts, plywood, veneers, parquet floors, stairs and parquet, but also for tools, furnishing accessories, musical instruments. , toys and boxes for commercial use (for example, the classic fruit box is typically made of beech).
Appropriately treated with tar, the beech is then also used for the construction of the railway sleepers placed between the tracks and finally, considering its good price on the market, it is certainly one of the best-selling types of wood as wood for burn for stoves and fireplaces.
Beech wood is widely used in the construction of furniture and interior furnishings:
It is widespread in all European forests and in France, so much so that its leaf was chosen as the symbol of the XVI Winter Olympic Games in Albertville.
- chairs (mainly in bent wood),
- veneers and plywood (also folded plywood
- stairs and parquet (with strips and mosaic)
- toys
- kitchen utensils
- brushes and parts of tools
- packaging such as fruit crates
- production of cellulose (from which textile fibers are subsequently obtained)
- production of wood panels
- firewood, as well as for the production of charcoal
Pros and cons of beech wood:
Thanks to its mostly straight grain, high elasticity and low flexural strength, beech wood lends itself well to the production of curves if subjected to a vaporization process which, among other things, gives the wood a pleasant reddish hue. Beech wood is used almost exclusively for the construction of furniture, furnishings and other indoor uses, because its curability is very poor. Beech is particularly prone to cracking, therefore, having to join it with nails and screws, it is always advisable to proceed with the prior preparation of the pilot holes.
Another advantage of the beech tree is its poor attackability by insects. Thanks to the easy peeling it is often used in the production of plywood. In the form of solid wood, it lends itself to a variety of uses in carpentry, for handicraft and back work, as well as for rifle butts, shuttles and shuttles for the textile industry. Finally, the results that can be obtained with painting and varnishing are excellent.
| Category / Family / Name | Genus of the Fagaceae family. |
| Origin | Italy / France |
| Color | Yellowish-white |
| Weaving | Fine and uniform |
| Mass (after seasoning) | - Lightweight 730 kg / m³ |
| Durability | - Poor |
| Stability | ++ Fair |
| Machinability | ++ Good |
| Hardness | + Fair |
| Mechanical characteristics | - Axial 110 kg / cm², bending 580 kg / cm² |
| Gluing | +++ Great |
| Painting | ++ Good |
| Legend | - Poor - Moderate + Fair ++ Good +++ Excellent |
Versatile and functional
The beech is a widespread tree both in Italy and in Europe, where it grows from the south of Norway and Sweden up to the Mediterranean. Originally from England, it abounds in Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland and Russia. The species that grows in Italy, particularly in the Alps and the Apennines, bears the scientific name of Fagus Sylvatica and belongs to the Fagaceae family. The climatic zone is that of the mid-mountain, called fagacetum, the same in which various other woody species proliferate including oak and chestnut.
The leaves of the European beech have an oval shape, are shiny and have a serrated edge. They are resistant to falling so that they often remain attached to the branches even in winter. Although not very long-lived, the beech can reach considerable dimensions, namely a diameter of up to 140 centimeters at the chest and a height of 35 meters.
