SYCAMORE - COMMERCIAL WOOD Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is a tough, strong wood, difficult to split. It has a beautiful figure when quarter-sawed, and would find Table 101 Factory Uses of Sycamore Purpose Per Cent Boxes and Crates 64 Furniture and Fixtures 12 Mill Work 7 Butchers' Blocks 6 Woodenware and Novelties 2 Refrigerators and Kitchen Cabinets 1 Musical Instruments 1 Agricultural Implements 1 Brooms and Carpet-Sweepers 1 Other Uses 5 Total 100 a much larger use were not the supply so limited.
The chief uses reported for sycamore are indicated in Table 101.
Sycamore is used to some extent in the manufacture of : Barber poles Handles Barrels (veneer) Hoppers (fruit and vegetable) Basket parts Horses (merry-go-round) Baskets (fruit) Ice boxes Baskets (vegetable) Interior finish Beds (folding) Mandolin boxes Boat parts (row) Meat blocks Boxes Merry-go-round parts Box shooks Packages (fruit and vegeBrush blocks table) Butcher blocks Panels Cabinet work Piano backs Cigar boxes Picture mouldings Cooperage stock Refrigerators Crating Tobacco boxes Doors Trunks Fixtures (office) Vehicle bodies Flooring Veneer cases (piano) Furniture Washing machines Guitar bodies