American Red Oak

American red oak is the most common species of the American Hardwood Forest. The wood is characterised by its porous structure, sometimes with a pinkish hue. Despite its many qualities, American red oak is often wrongfully seen in Europe as a lesser version of American white oak and European oak. In this video, craftsmen from Benchmark Furniture explore the aesthetic and performative qualities of the oak.

[@PondokKlene77]

Honesty + High Skill = Masterpiece

[@Benmeglei1]

I didn’t know Jony Ive got into wood.

[@youtukang]

*EXCELLENT* NICE 👏👏👏😍😍😍😍

[@adamekennedy]

Great footage

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[@Zie_carpentry]

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[@SwizzleStickMcGee]

If you're not making whiskey, then you're just wasting oak.....

[@Zie_carpentry]

Hello sir

[@samuellourenco1050]

Red oak is not for making barrels or for cooperage. Use white oak instead, unless you wish seeing whiskey being lost.

[@samuellourenco1050]

Red oak rots far more easily. That is why it is inferior than white oak. It is not prejudice. Red oak is indeed inferior and not recommended for outdoor use.

[@fogsmart]

That was a really superlative video, too bad it was completely uninformative of basically pointless. But I really might be missing the point. I don’t know. If we are talking the differences between red oak and white oak broadly, then most educated woodworkers already know about that.

[@samuellourenco1050]

It was pointless.