BLACK WALNUT - COMMERCIAL WOOD The properties of black walnut (Juglans nigra) are too well known to need detailed mention. Black walnut is valued for its rich color, fine figure, and susceptibility to high polish. The most prized effects are produced by the careful manufacture of veneer from the burls and apparent deformities of the tree; and raw material of this character is so valuable as to be sold by the pound instead of the ordinary method of measurement.
Table 104 Factory Uses of Black Walnut Purpose Per Cent Sewing Machines 33 Musical instruments 21 Mill Work ,.. 19 Furniture and Fixtures 10 Firearms Caskets and Coffins 2 Electrical Machinery and Apparatus 2 Vehicles 2 Car Construction 1 Other Uses 3 Total 100 Considerable of the best black walnut is exported to Europe in log form. The factory uses reported for walnut in the United States are in the proportions indicated in Table 104.
Black walnut enters more or less into the manufacture of these articles: Air-gun stocks Gunstocks Altars Handles Automobile bodies Inlaid work Barber chairs Interior finish Benches Machine boxes Billiard cues Molding Bookcases Novelties Brush backs Organ cases Bureaus Panels (veneered) Cabinet work Parquetry flooring Canes Patterns Card tables Pianos Carpet-sweepers Piano actions Carvings Piano benches Case work Piano cases Caskets Piano players Chairs Picture frames Chair legs Pipe organs China closets Sash Chiffoniers Sewing machines Clock cases Show cases Coffins Sideboards Couches (legs) Side tables Desks Steering wheels Doors Stools Electrical appliances (bases) Tables Embalming boards Tool boxes Fixtures (exterior parts) Umbrella handles Fixtures, office Vehicles Fixtures, store Windshields (automobile) Fretwood Woodenware Furniture