Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess the wood properties and drying characteristics of sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima Carruth.) to determine the potential for the extension of its use in South Korea. The annual rings, latewood ratio, dimensions of the vessels, density, and shrinkage of specimens manufactured from five sawtooth oak trees were measured and compared by age class. The drying rate and drying defects of sawtooth oak boards were also investigated during the kiln-drying process. To evaluate its processing performance, the roughness of the radial and tangential sections of sawtooth oak wood after sawing and planing was measured using a roughness tester and the texture of the surface of each section was observed using a stereoscopic microscope. It is expected that, based on the fundamental properties of Korean sawtooth oak wood presented in this study, the use of this Korean oak species could be extended.
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