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American Oak Timber Planed
White oak planed timber is a strong, heavy wood which is prevalent throughout the eastern United States. With a medium brown heartwood and lighter-hued sapwood, white oak is straight grained with a middling texture, and is an excellent choice for a wide range of applications. This timber is strong enough to be used for boat building and impermeable for reliable liquid storage, but still beautiful enough for use in premium furniture and high-end interior design. With a low stiffness and high level of strength, it holds up extremely well over time, and can also be machined extremely easily. At Timbersource we have a variety of smooth planed square edge timber (PAR) for joinery and building projects. It can be used for either interior or exterior woodwork projects for the trade and DIY. These timbers are sold as a set size wood option to give you the most economical thicknesses and standard widths and lengths. These off-the-shelf wood options are great for furniture making, interior decor, outdoor benches, shelving, cabinet making, decking, wall panelling. All timber is high quality and machined, delivered to your door and ready to work with.
Choose your American Oak PAR sizes
20mm x 144mm x 1.0m - £24.49
20mm x 144mm x 1.52m - £37.21
20mm x 144mm x 2.44m - £59.73
44mm x 144mm x 1.0m - £63.41
44mm x 144mm x 1.52m - £96.39
44mm x 144mm x 2.44m - £154.72
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What is PAR wood?
Planed All Round otherwise known as PAR or PSE (Planed Square Edge) Is machined so that the four surfaces and edges will be planed to a smooth surface and uniform thickness. If planed is preferable for you, simply ‘request’ it as part of your timber order, and the sizes after planing.
Why do you need to plane timber?
- Sawn timber from sawmills is rarely perfectly straight - PAR will make it straight
- The sawmills only plank timber roughly from the tree and remove the waney edge - PAR will make it parallel
- Square edged parallel timber is essential for jointing together on the sides or corners to avoid gaps or irregular angles
- Taking off the rough surface will reveal any imperfections, splits, character, knots, holes - PAR will highlight any of these
- Planing the rough surface makes the timber smooth and ready for sanding
- You can't paint or stain rough sawn timber effectively
- Planing makes timber suitable for shelving, homemade furniture and flooring as well as a vast range of other products
