50 BULLETIN 1007, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
CHAIRS. 
Although basswood ranks about tenth in amount among the 
woods used for chairs, it is not considered an important chair wood 
because such material should in general be able to stand loads and 
shocks. Its use is mainly for seats, seat frames, and backs of cheap 
chairs, where it serves in the form of plywood, and in high-priced 
work, such as cores for panels. 
Basswood is second in importance among woods used for clocks, 
oak being consumed in larger quantities. Basswood is much used 
for hidden work and the backs of cases; it is a favorite wood for cases 
finished in enamel work, and is popular in the imitation of foreign 
woods, marble, and other materials. Basswood also serves as core 
wood for figured veneer work, which is much used in clock cases. 
Connecticut reported the bulk of the basswood used for clock 
manufacture. 
MACHINE CONSTRUCTION. 
The amount of basswood used in the construction of machines is 
surprisingly large, considering that a high degree of strength is 
generally required for this purpose. Basswood finds its use in this 
industry mainly for boxes and spouts, such as are used in flour-mill 
machinery, and for woodwork of looms and parts for which a light, 
soft wood is desirable. 
SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING. 
Basswood finds a useful place in ship and boat building mainly as a 
finish material. It is well adapted for moldings and other wood- 
work for the interior of cabins, especially where finished in enamel. 
It is put to a large number of other uses. 
BRUSHES. 
Basswood stands fourth in importance among woods used in brush 
making. Beech, birch, and hard maple are each used in much larger 
quantities. These woods are more desirable for this use because of 
their greater hardness and resistance to splitting. Basswood generally 
goes into the cheaper, rough, unpolished handles, while the other 
woods mentioned are used in the manufacture of higher-grade 
articles. 
SHADE AND MAP ROLLERS. 
The chief use of basswood in the shade and map roller industry is 
for curtain poles. It serves well for this use, because it is so easily 
worked and because the ease and permanence with which it takes 
paint and stain allow it to be finished to imitate expensive hardwoods, 
