Introduction
This hand made “monks bench” was manufactured from 'Flamy' grade Irish Beech. Beech is the perennial favourite for furniture manufacture. This can be attributed to the fact that Beech is the strongest of all homegrown timbers, and it also machines and stains to a very high standard.

^ Flamey Beech “Monks Chair”
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Working Properties
Beech can have a moderate blunting effect on tools and has a tendency to bind saws. An excellent machined finish can be achieved. As resistance to splitting when nailed or screwed is only fair, pre-boring is often necessary. The timber glues easily and stains well. It also has good turning properties.

Grades and Specifications
We select Prime Beech in lengths of 5 ft or longer and widths of 4” or wider. This grade is free of small knots and splits on one face and is normally square edged on both sides. We do not normally separate white from flame coloured beech.

Our Rustic/Character grade may have some knots and defects, such as splits. Lengths are from 5 ft, in widths of 4” or more. Normally the boards are re-sawn after being kiln dried, with both sides square edged. Again this grade will be a mixture of white and flame-coloured beech.

We also select a Spalted Beech grade. This grade has distinctive black 'shoestring' streaks and color variances throughout the board.