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Sycamore

Plantanus occidentalis · Sycamore is moderately hard and moderately heavy. It has heartwood light to medium brown, often with orange or reddish tinge.

It has been used to make furniture, siding, musical instrument boxes & crates, and is extensively used for butcher's block.

Compression

parallelto grain ( PSI )
5380
perpendicularto grain ( PSI )
860

Tension

perpendicularto grain ( PSI )
720

Shear

parallelto grain ( PSI )
1470