Wood and Products Used
Millworks uses genuine kiln dried hardwoods for the majority of our projects.
At customers' request and to meet designers specification for more luxurious
items we have available a range of more exotic hardwoods and veneers. At
Millworks we are committed to buying all hardwood from reputable and renewable
sources and reputable suppliers in line with our environmental policy.
Traditional
hardwoods for joinery and cabinet making include the following:
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Ash - Beech
- Cherry
- Idigbo
- Iroko
- English Oak
- American Red Oak
- American White Oak
- Mahogany
- Meranti
- Maple
- Obeche
- Sapele
- Tulipwood
- Utile
- American black walnut
Some samples of hardwoods
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Ash |
Steamed Beech |
Unsteamed Beech |
Sapele |
Utile |
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Tulipwood |
Idigbo |
Iroko |
European Oak |
American White Oak |
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Walnut - American Black |
Obeche |
English Oak |
Cherry |
Meranti |
At customers’ request and to meet designers specification for more furniture and bespoke cabinet ‘luxurious’ items we have available a range of more exotic hardwoods and veneers, these include the following though not exhaustive Satinwood, Brazilian Cedar, Jarana, Lacewood, Makore, London Plane, Wenge, Zebrano, Macassar Ebony and American Ash. Some samples are below.
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Wenge |
Zebrano |
Birch |
American Ash |
Makore |
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Brazilian Cedar |
Jarana |
Lacewood |
Macassar Ebony |
Satinwood |
Specialist softwoods used in cabinet making include the following: Western Red Cedar, Hemlock, Pine species including, Knotty Ponderosa, Oregon & Southern Yellow, Douglas Fir and Cedar of Lebanon.
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Hemlock |
Western Red Cedar |
Ponderosa Pine |
Lebanon cedar |
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Pine |
Pine - Southern Yellow |
Pine – Douglas Fir |
Knotty Pine |
The above lists are not meant to be exhaustive and are for demonstration purposes only. Full range of samples is available for inspection.
The range of products used in today's market
include traditional hardwoods, these are often supplemented by a range of
products that include manufactured and engineered sheet materials such as MDF
and specialist plywood's.