Rift Sawn White Oak Veneer Plywood

Standard grade rift cut white oak veneer normally allows for some defects such as occasional pin knots and or mineral streaks.

Rift sawn white oak veneer plywood.

Light tannish heartwood with narrow. Straight grained with a medium coarse to coarse texture. The arts and crafts movement and mission style furniture period have paved the way for some of the most iconic uses of white oak lumber and veneer. Our selection of this veneer includes some of the finest curly and figured oak available.

Dramatic flecking is also present in red oak and white oak. Rift sawn white oak plywood comes in 4 x 8 sheets available in 1 4 inch and 3 4 inch thickness rift sawn white oak plywood has heartwood that is a light to medium brown commonly with an olive cast. Rift sawn white oak lumber has straight tight grain with heartwood that is a light to medium brown and commonly with an olive cast. When cutting this lumber at the sawmill each log is sawed at a radial angle into four quarters hence the name.

Quercus alba common names. Rift sawn lumber is very dimensionally stable and has a unique linear appearance. Nearly white to light brown sapwood is not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood. The principal uses for white oak are cabinetry furniture interior trim flooring boatbuilding barrels and veneer.

Find and buy wide selection of white oak plywood rift sawn in the hardwood plywood department. Often used with quarter sliced and rift sliced veneers this is the process in which a sequence of matching veneer leaves or consecutive sheets of veneer are slipped out one after the next to form the face of a panel product. White oak veneer plywood columbia forest products is proud to offer an exciting variety of hardwood and decorative softwood species of faces. Rift cut white oak veneer also known as rift white oak or rift sawn white oak is typically a straw colored light tan brown to a creamy beige wheat color.

Plywood oak white botanical name. Rift white oak wood veneer has a very nice and straight grain. Wood marketed as white oak may contain other white oak species but quercus alba is primary species. Its grain is narrower than red oak if there is a furniture or architectural project being worked on this is a great wood.

The woods sapwood is nearly white to light brown and not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood. Eastern white oak stave oak ridge white oak cucharillo encino and roble sources. Quarter sawn lumber is defined as wood where the annular growth rings intersect the face of the board at a 60 to 90 degree angle. The veneer is often stained and accepts finishes well.

Purdue university describes white oak as truly the all american wood because of its strength and durability. Rift cutting minimizes the flake appearance.