Interior Rough Lumber

Superior alder also known as select alder or clear alder, is a high-grade hardwood that produces a clearer stock than its close relative knotty alder. Alder, part of the birch family, is a softer hardwood from the Pacific Northwest.

Consistent color, stability, and uniform acceptance of stains and finishes are some of the characteristics that have made western alder a preferred wood for furniture. Its elasticity makes it ideal for carving intricate details. Ranking second only to oak as the most commonly used wood, alder offers the look of many fine hardwoods at a value price.

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Ash is regularly used for furniture, flooring, doors, architectural millwork and moulding, kitchen cabinets, paneling, tool handles, baseball bats, hockey sticks, skis, oars and turnings. The sapwood is light-colored to nearly white and the heartwood varies from greyish or light brown, to pale yellow streaked with brown. The wood is generally straight-grained with a coarse uniform texture.

The degree and availability of light-colored sapwood, and other properties, will vary according to the growing regions.

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A select & better grade cherry hardwood out of Pennsylvania that is extremely popular with cabinetmakers. Cherry is easy to work, fine textured, strong and fairly durable. Highly rated in all working properties including wood bending and turning.

Cherry becomes darker and richer with age turning reddish brown with a golden luster. Freshly cut cherry is often very pale, but the wood oxidizes to its famously favorable rich brown red in time.

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Our hard maple S&B 1&2 grade hardwood that comes out of Pennsylvania, often referred to as “rock maple” and “sugar maple”.

Typical uses are furniture, musical instruments, Interior millwork, bowling alleys, dance floors, basketball courts, and even roller-skating rinks.

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We offer a high-grade FAS hickory that comes out of Indiana. Often used for the handles of striking tools, such as axes and hammers. It is also used for baseball bats, furniture, ladders, vehicle parts, cutting surfaces, violin bows, piano keys and handles. Hickory is usually straight grained, or it can be wavy or irregular, with a coarse texture that has a medium luster.

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Our FEQ grade genuine mahogany is out of South America, commonly referred to as “Honduran mahogany".

Substitutes sometimes used are African mahogany or sipo mahogany, both of which are available in our rough lumber inventory.

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Our pattern grade genuine mahogany is out of South America and is commonly referred to as “Honduran mahogany”. The highest grade of mahogany available (virtually defect-free), this is selected for its straight grain and used for producing high quality, accurate patterns and models. These boards have been selected for their clarity and uniform grain, making them excellent for wood patterns that need to retain their perfect shape.

When used for cabinetry and furniture, the stability of pattern grade material is unmatched. The grain is very uniform and creates a beautifully uniform look across a large project like a big bookcase or even a kitchen.

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Padauk is easy to work and turns, glues, and finishes well. and has a good natural luster. Padauk has a very unique reddish orange coloration, and the wood is sometimes referred to by the name Vermillion. Padauk is moderately heavy, strong and stiff, with exceptional stability and has excellent decay resistance. Padauk is also reported to be resistant to termites and other insects. It is rated as durable to very durable.

Padauk is a popular hardwood among hobbyist woodworkers because of its unique color and low cost. Padauk is often used for veneer, flooring, turned objects, musical instruments, furniture, tool handles, and other small specialty wood objects. It is widely imported as lumber in a variety of lengths and thicknesses, as well as turning and craft blanks.

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Our FAS Pecan is commonly referred to as Texas Hickory, also known as Pecan Hickory, there are various species of Hickory and Pecan that are closely related and there is often confusion between the two. Pecan has slightly lower strength values than some of the other species of Hickory, but it is still among the hardest and strongest of woods native to the United States. The wood is commonly used where strength or shock-resistance is important. Typically used for smoking meats, charcoal, baseball bats, archery equipment, tool handles, chair making and more.

We stock poplar in both 1 COM and FAS grades. Poplar is among the most economical and inexpensive of all domestic hardwoods and is typically used for paint grade materials.

The wood has a medium to fine texture and is straight-grained; has a comparatively uniform texture. Seldom used for its appearance, poplar is a utility wood in nearly every sense. It’s used for pallets, crates, upholstered furniture frames, pulpwood and plywood.

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Purpleheart wood is a deep purple-violet when freshly cut, maturing to a dark brown. and has a medium texture with good natural luster. The original color is restored when re-cut. Purpleheart is rated as being very durable, and resists both decay and most insect attacks, though it has been reported to be susceptible to attack from marine borers.

Common uses for purpleheart lumber include inlays and accent pieces, flooring, furniture, boatbuilding, heavy construction, and a variety of specialty wood items.

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Quarter sawn refers to the visual characteristics of the face of each board. The lumber is quarter sawn for the best grain rather than the highest grade. Our quartered white oak is an S&B grade out of the Appalachian mountains.

Rift white oak is a hard and heavy wood typically used for flooring, furniture, cabinet making, interior trim work, paneling, cooperage for wine and whiskey, and shingles.

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The unique natural patina of reclaimed white oak makes for a beautifully aged appearance in projects and is often used to make custom furniture, flooring and other millwork. Some of the character and aging marks found in antique oak lumber are things like nail holes, bolt holes, knots and aged stress cracks.

Recently acquired reclaimed antique white oak boasts beautiful features not commonly found in new-growth traditionally sawn white oak.

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In rustic or knotty grades of lumber, there will be a percentage of degrade during the milling process. Some knots may shake lose and/or fall out during the milling process. Mason’s Mill is not liable for these defects in moldings produced from knotty grades of lumber.

Offered in an FAS grade, red oak is a commonly used domestic lumber species. Hard, strong and moderately priced, red oak presents an exceptional value to woodworkers. Typically used for furniture, cabinetmaking, interior trim work, boat building, domestic flooring and vehicle construction.

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Quarter sawn refers to the visual characteristics of the face of each board. The lumber is quarter sawn for the best grain rather than the highest grade. This rift and quartered white oak is a character grade out of the Appalachian mountains.

Rift and quartered white oak is a hard and heavy wood typically used for flooring, furniture, cabinet making, interior trim work, paneling, cooperage for wine and whiskey, and shingles.

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Rift cut is a term that refers to the visual characteristics of the face of each board. The lumber is sawn for the best grain rather than the highest grade. Our rift white oak is an S&B grade out of the Appalachian mountains.

Rift white oak is a hard and heavy wood, typically used for furniture, cabinet making, interior trim work, paneling flooring, cooperage for wine and whiskey, and shingles.

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