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Elgon
Elgon (Olea ferruginea)

Family: Oleaceae

Common names: Elgon, Kahu, Kao, Kau, Khwan, Ko, Kohu, Lungwe, Shwan, Wi, Zaitun

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Cabinetmaking, Fuelwood, Mathematical instruments, Paneling, Tool handles, Turnery, Veneer, Veneer: decorative, Walking sticks

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Durable, Resistant to wood staining fungal attack

Drying Defects: Moderate surface checking

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Very good to excellent results

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fair to Good , Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Planes to a satisfactory finish

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Painting: Fair to Good; Polishing: Good; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 961 kg/m3
Bending Strength 429 674 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 6111 9589 psi
Density 60 lbs/ft3
Weight 59 51 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 61-67 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = >75 lbs/cu. ft
Density (dry weight) = 67-75 lbs/cu.ft
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Bending strength (MOR) = low

Gamble, J.S.,1902,A Manual of Indian Timbers,Sampson Low, Marston & Co. LondonHoward, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed.Patterson, D.,1988,Commercial Timbers of the World, 5th Edition,Gower Technical PressPearson, R.S., Brown, H.P.,1932,Commercial Timbers of India,Govt. Printer Calcutta,2 vols
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