Carpinus betulus
Hainbuche
Pale, ruthlessly dense, and famously hard. The wood old joiners reached for when they needed plane bodies, mallet heads, and water-mill cogs that would not give up.
- This species is recorded as commercially grown in Europe. This does not establish where an individual piece was harvested; check its origin details.
- Botanische Gruppe. Nadelhölzer sind Koniferen, Laubhölzer stammen von Laubbäumen.
- Die botanische Familie, zu der die Holzart gehört.
Benachrichtigen, wenn verfügbarReferenzholzart. Derzeit keine Stücke auf Lager.
Passt es zu Ihrem Projekt?
Ideal für
- Plane bodies and mallet heads
- Tool handles and chisel handles
- Turned work, bowls, finials, pepper mills, fine spindles
- Joinery accents, wedges, splines, drawbore pins, dovetail keys
- High-wear surfaces, chopping boards, butcher blocks, jig faces
- Gear teeth, cogs, and replacement parts in restored mills
Kein Hainbuche im aktuellen Drop
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So sieht es aus
Creamy white to pale straw, sometimes drifting to light grey-brown with age. Grain is irregular and often interlocked; texture is fine and even. Almost no figure, no drama, its character is in the surface itself, which polishes to a hard, near-ceramic feel that softer pale woods cannot match.
- Creamy white to pale straw when fresh
- Drifts to light grey-brown with age and UV
- Occasional grey streaking on slower-grown stock
- Almost figureless, reads as a clean, even pale ground
- Polishes to a hard, near-ceramic surface sheen
- Unregelmäßige Maserung, feine gleichmäßige Textur.
Arbeiten mit dieser Holzart
Verarbeitung
A specialist wood. Density and interlocked grain blunt edges fast. Expect to sharpen often and feed slowly. Planing tears out unless irons are keen and the cut is light; a scraper or sander often finishes better than a plane. Drilling and routing demand sharp carbide. The reward is on the lathe, where it turns to a fine, crisp surface and holds detail other woods crush. Glues and screws well once pre-bored. Steam-bends reasonably for such a dense species.
Finish
Sands to a glassy surface if you stay patient and step through the grits. Takes hard waxes, oils, and lacquers cleanly. Stains can blotch on the interlocked patches. Test first. Burnishes beautifully on the lathe; many turners leave it bare or oil-only.
Trocknung
Dries slowly and moves a lot, tangential shrinkage of 11 to 13 percent puts it among the most mobile European hardwoods. Prone to distortion, surface checks, and case-hardening if rushed. Air-dry under weight, then finish in a kiln on a gentle schedule. Acclimatise in the workshop for several weeks before machining, and design for movement in any wider piece.
Wie stark arbeitet es?
Holz quillt und schwindet in der Breite, wenn die Luft feuchter und trockener wird. Schätzen Sie das saisonale Arbeiten einer Hainbuche-Platte, bevor Sie die Befestigung planen.
Erwartetes saisonales Arbeiten
etwa 13,7 mm
Groß. Tischplattenhalter oder Langlochwinkel verwenden, an den Enden von Hirnleisten Spiel lassen und die Bohle vor der Montage akklimatisieren.
Lineares Schwindmodell: Breite × (Schwindmaß ÷ 28 % Fasersättigung) × saisonale Feuchteschwankung. Verwendet 12 % Schwindmaß in Tangentialrichtung für Hainbuche. Eine Planungsschätzung, keine Garantie.
Was es kostet
Sicherheit und Herkunft
- This species is recorded as commercially grown in Europe. This does not establish where an individual piece was harvested; check its origin details.
- Status auf der Roten Liste der IUCN: die weltweite Schutzbewertung dieser Art.
Food-contact safe once finished, which is why it has a long history in kitchen tools and chopping blocks. The dust is a known skin irritant and can sensitise on repeated exposure. Wear long sleeves, run good extraction, and mask up when sanding.
Den vollständigen Leitfaden lesenAusführliche Hinweise zu Maserung, Farbveränderung, Verarbeitung und Formstabilität.
What Hornbeam actually is#
Carpinus betulus is the wear wood. At 735 kg per cubic metre and 7,260 N Janka it is the second hardest measured species in this catalogue, behind only robinia, and it has a fine even texture with no strong grain direction.
That combination, hardness without a pronounced grain to split along, is what made it the traditional wood for things that get hit, rubbed and worn: plane soles, mallet heads, gear teeth in windmill and watermill machinery, butchers blocks, and cogs.
It is not a decorative wood and it was never used as one.
Reading a hornbeam slab#
Colour is pale, near white to light cream, sometimes with grey streaking. Figure is minimal. The texture is fine and even and the surface has a slight natural lustre.
The characteristic feature of the tree is fluting: the trunk grows with pronounced longitudinal ridges rather than round, which is why hornbeam logs look twisted and why converting them to wide clean boards is awkward. Expect irregular widths and a good deal of waste.
Grain is frequently interlocked, following the fluting.
The movement problem#
Käuferfragen
Häufige Fragen von Käufern
Why is Hornbeam used for tool parts and machinery?
It is exceptionally hard at 7,260 N, second only to robinia among measured species here, with a fine even texture and no pronounced grain direction. That combination resists wear without splitting, which is why it was the traditional wood for plane soles, mallet heads, gear teeth in mill machinery, and butchers blocks.
How much does it move?
A great deal. Volumetric shrinkage of 17.0 percent ties with beech for the highest in this catalogue, and tangential shrinkage of 11.0 percent against 5.5 percent radial is a very wide differential. Hornbeam is not a wood for wide solid tops in a variable environment. It is a wood for small dense components.
Is it hard to work?
Yes. The density and interlocked grain blunt tooling quickly and cause tear-out, and it is heavy going by hand. The fine texture that makes it wear so well is the same thing that makes it resist cutting. Sharp carbide tooling and light cuts are the practical answer.
Can it be used outdoors?
No. Despite its hardness it is rated decay class 5, perishable, and it will rot readily if exposed. Hardness and durability are unrelated properties. For exterior work use robinia, oak or sweet chestnut.
Mechanische Eigenschaften
Technische Daten
Veröffentlichte Referenzwerte. Wo Quellen abweichen, steht die Spanne; der typische Wert wird für die Stufen oben verwendet.
| Dichte (kg/m³)Masse pro Kubikmeter bei etwa 12 % Holzfeuchte. Schwereres Holz ist meist härter und fester. | 700–820 kg/m³typisch 735 kg/m³ |
|---|---|
| Janka-Härte (N)Kraft, um eine Stahlkugel zur Hälfte ins Holz zu drücken. Das Standardmaß für Eindruckfestigkeit. | 6,900–7,700 Ntypisch 7.260 N |
| MOR: Biegebruchmodul (MPa)Biegefestigkeit: die Last, bei der ein Balken bricht. | 110–130 MPa |
| MOE: Elastizitätsmodul (GPa)Biegesteifigkeit: wie stark ein Regalboden oder eine Platte unter Last durchhängt. | 12.0–14.0 GPa |
| Radiales SchwindenSchwindmaß quer zu den Jahrringen, von frisch bis darrtrocken. Riftbretter arbeiten in diesem Maß. | 5.5–7.0 % |
| Tangentiales SchwindenSchwindmaß entlang der Jahrringe. Fladerbretter und die meisten Bohlen arbeiten in diesem Maß. |
