Abies alba
Silver Fir
Spruce without the resin. The softest species in the KORENA catalogue, and the best softwood here for a painted finish.
- Gojeno in posekano v Evropi.
- Botanična skupina. Iglavci so golosemenke, listavci pa širokolistna drevesa.
- Botanična družina, ki ji vrsta pripada.
Obvestite me ob prihoduReferenčna vrsta. Trenutno ni kosov na zalogi.
Je primeren za vaš projekt?
Odličen za
- Wall and ceiling panelling
- Painted furniture
- Lightweight carcass work
- Shelving
- Interior joinery
V trenutni ponudbi ni lesa Silver Fir
Podobne vrste na zalogi
Lesa Silver Fir trenutno ni. Te vrste so primerne za enake projekte in imajo razpoložljive kose.
Prejemajte obvestila o lesu Silver Fir
Pošljemo vam e-pošto, ko v KORENA prispejo novi plohi iz lesa Silver Fir. Vsak kos je edinstven, zato je zgodnje obvestilo pomembno.
Videz lesa
Kako je videti
Very close to Norway Spruce in appearance and routinely sold interchangeably with it. Silver Fir is a shade duller and greyer, entirely without the resin pockets that mark spruce, because the species has no resin canals in its wood. Grain is straight, texture fine and even, and the overall impression is flatter and quieter than spruce.
- Near white to pale grey-brown, duller than spruce
- No visible heartwood boundary
- No resin pockets, the clearest way to tell it from spruce
- Pale, straight grain; almost no resin canals.
Obdelava
Obdelava
Generally easy with both hand and machine tools, and it glues, stains and finishes better than spruce because the absence of resin canals makes absorption more even. The same softness caveat applies: sharp cutters are essential or the earlywood crushes and fuzzes. It holds detail poorly under carving tools, so it is not a carving wood despite being soft.
Končna obdelava
Takes stain and finish noticeably better than spruce, though it is still a softwood with uneven density and a conditioner remains sensible before pigment stain. It is one of the better softwood choices for a painted finish, since the fine even texture needs little grain filling. Clear finishes leave it looking pale and slightly cool.
Sušenje
Dries readily and without much degrade, and because there are no resin canals there is no resin bleed to manage, which is a genuine advantage over spruce in thick sections. Wet pockets of bacterially infected wood, sometimes called wetwood, occur in older trees and dry slowly and unevenly. A yard that has kilned the stock properly will have caught these. Movement in service is moderate at around 12.8 percent volumetric.
Koliko bo deloval?
Les se prečno širi in krči, ko zrak postaja bolj vlažen ali suh. Pred načrtovanjem pritrdil ocenite sezonsko delovanje mizne plošče iz lesa Silver Fir.
Pričakovano sezonsko delovanje
približno 9,9 mm
Mizno ploščo pritrdite s sponami ali nosilci z utori, ne z lepilom ali trdno privitimi vijaki.
Model linearnega krčenja: širina × (krčenje ÷ 28 % nasičenosti vlaken) × sezonska sprememba vlažnosti. Za les Silver Fir uporablja 8,7 % tangencialnega krčenja. To je ocena za načrtovanje, ne jamstvo.
Koliko stane
Varnost in nabava
- Gojeno in posekano v Evropi.
- Status na Rdečem seznamu IUCN: svetovna ocena ogroženosti te vrste.
Species in the Abies genus have been reported to cause skin irritation, though severe reactions are uncommon. Standard dust extraction and a P2 mask for extended machining cover it.
Preberite celoten vodnikPodrobni zapiski o teksturi, spreminjanju barve, obdelavi in stabilnosti.
What Silver Fir actually is#
Abies alba is the tree most people have looked at without knowing it. It is a major component of central European mountain forest, it is the traditional Christmas tree across much of the continent, and its timber is sold through the trade as whitewood alongside Norway Spruce with little distinction drawn between them. For most construction purposes that conflation is harmless. For slab work it is worth separating, because the one structural difference between the two species changes how the wood behaves.
Silver Fir has no resin canals. Spruce does. Everything that follows from that, the absence of resin pockets, the cleaner behaviour under paint, the more even stain absorption, the lack of bleed in thick sections, is the reason to choose fir over spruce rather than treat them as the same board.
Reading a Silver Fir slab#
Colour range is narrow: near white through to a pale grey-brown, with no heartwood boundary to speak of. Against spruce it reads flatter and cooler, a fraction duller, and without the amber flecking that gives spruce its visual interest.
Because colour gives you so little, judge the slab on ring structure and defects. Tight rings from slow mountain growth mean a denser, stiffer, more stable board. Knots are the usual limiting factor, and fir knots are somewhat less hard and less prone to tear-out than spruce knots, which makes them slightly easier to machine through when you have no choice.
Vprašanja kupcev
Vprašanja kupcev
How do I tell Silver Fir from Norway Spruce?
Look for resin pockets. Spruce has resin canals and shows amber pockets and streaks; Silver Fir has none at all, so a clean pale board with no resin marks is almost certainly fir. Fir also reads slightly greyer and duller. The two are close enough that they are frequently sold interchangeably as whitewood.
Is Silver Fir better than spruce for painted work?
Yes, generally. The fine even texture needs little grain filling and the absence of resin canals means no bleed-through under paint. Spruce resin pockets can telegraph through a painted finish months later unless sealed with shellac first.
Can I use Silver Fir outdoors?
Not untreated. It is rated non-durable to perishable with little resistance to insect attack, which is the lowest durability in this group. European larch or Douglas fir are the appropriate choices for exposure.
Is it hard enough for a desk top?
At 1,420 N Janka it is the softest species KORENA lists, softer even than spruce. A desk top in fir will mark under a pen pressed through paper. It works for a light-use surface finished in a refreshable hardwax oil, but for daily writing use a harder species.
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Objavljene referenčne vrednosti. Kjer se viri ne ujemajo, je prikazan razpon, za zgornje lestvice pa je uporabljena običajna vrednost.
| Gostota (kg/m³)Masa na kubični meter pri približno 12 % vlažnosti. Težji les je navadno trši in močnejši. | 415 kg/m³ |
|---|---|
| Trdota po Janki (N)Sila, potrebna, da se jeklena kroglica do polovice vtisne v les. Standardno merilo odpornosti proti udrtinam. | 1,420 N |
| MOR: upogibna trdnost (MPa)Upogibna trdnost: obremenitev, pri kateri se nosilec zlomi. | 66 MPa |
| MOE: modul elastičnosti (GPa)Upogibna togost: koliko se polica ali mizna plošča povesi pod obremenitvijo. | 8.3 GPa |
| Radialno krčenjeKrčenje prečno na letnice od svežega do popolnoma suhega lesa. Tako delujejo radialno rezane deske. | 4.0 % |
| Tangencialno krčenjeKrčenje vzdolž letnic. Tako delujejo tangencialno rezane deske in večina plohov. | 8.7 % |
