Beech

[Aaron Kline]

Does anyone here use beech for projects?

[Doug Shepard]

I haven't used a lot of it, but I did a few cutting boards out of it and the hardwood edging on this drill press table were beech -
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showpost.php?p=185091&postcount=3

It worked pretty nicely and took finish well. Don't remember for sure what I paid for it, but I seem to recall it being around the same price as red oak at the time.

[Tim Sproul]

Yes.

It is similar to hard maple in terms of working with hand tools.

That would be Euro Beech, not American.

[Steve Cox]

I've used it for shop projects and for a couple of tables I have built. Grain is pretty non descript but there are flecks in the wood I like and the color is great. The tables I built were veneered with figured Birch, with the Beech as the legs and edge components with inlaid Peruvian Walnut accents.