Description
Uses
Flooring; stairs; furniture; carpentry; interior and exterior joinery; sliced veneer; hydraulic works; bridges; moulding
Wood Description
Sapwood | distinct, beige (3·6cm) |
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Heartwood | yellow brown with yellow beige streaks or stripes |
Grain | straight |
Texture | medium to coarse |
Remark | – |
Technological Characteristics
Physical properties | |
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Green density (g/cm³) | 1.10 |
Air-dry density at 12% (g/cm³) | 0.85 |
Basic specific gravity | 0.77 |
Total tangential shrinkage (%) | 10.0 |
Total radial shrinkage (%) | 5.4 |
Total volumetric shrinkage (%) | 15.5 |
Processing
Sawing | power required |
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Blunting effect | very slight to moderate (silica content variable) |
Drying | requires care kiln schedule for 41 mm listed below risks of distortion: more or less high risks of checking: more or less high movement in service large |
Machining | some difficulties due to hardness or silica content; special tools recommended |
Gluing | Good |
Nailing | pre-boring necessary |
Finishing | good |
Veneering | interesting for slicing |