Hardwood

Hardwood doesn’t always mean hard wood. The actual hardness of

the wood depends on how tightly packed together the cell walls are.
The Janka hardness scale Pao Santo is 65x harder than balsa on the Janka hardness scale.
measures the hardness of Hardwoods come from any trees which do not produce needles or
different wood, the higher cones. These trees are most commonly are known as deciduous trees,
the rating the harder the wood categorised into groups called angiosperms. Hardwoods are trees
which produces leaves and seeds.
Animals help hardwood trees
to pollinate their flowers

positives Negatives
1. Extremely durable 1. Slightly more
Oak is commonly used for furniture, joinery, flooring and 2. Higher density which expensive than
decking. gives it enhanced softwood
Mahogany is commonly used for furniture, flooring and musical
strength 2. More difficult to
instruments.
3. Very low work with due to
maintenance
required and easy to its density
repair 3. If used for flooring
Ash is commonly used for making tool handles, oars, and furniture
Greater fire it can be noisy
resistance when walking
across it
Beech is often used to make furniture, cooking utensils and sports equipment.
 

Balsa is used to make surfboards, model airplanes and musical instruments