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Prickly ash
Prickly ash (Orites excelsa)

Family: Proteaceae

Common names: Prickly ash, Red ash, Silky oak, Southern silky oak, White beefwood

Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Cooperages, Furniture, Joinery, Paneling, Plywood, Railroad ties, Tables, Vehicle parts, Veneer

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Redand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMedium to coarseand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid

Drying Defects: Distortion, Internal Honeycombing Possible

Ease of Drying: Fairly Easy

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Fair to Good , Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Moderate working qualities

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Turning: Easy to turn

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 592 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 576 464 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 37 lbs/ft3
Weight 36 29 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 10 %

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate

Anderson, R.H.,1947,The Trees of New South Wales,New South Wales Department of AgricultureAudas, J.W.,Native Trees of Australia,Whitcombe & Tombs PTY. LtdAustralia - N.S.W. Forestry Commission,1988,Furniture Timbers of New South Wales,Forest Commission, N.S.W., Aust. Tech. Publication No.1Bootle, K.R.,1971,The Commercial Timbers of New South Wales and their use,Angus & Robertson (publishers) PTY LtdFrancis, W.D.,1951,Australian Rain-forest Trees,Commonwealth of Australia - Forestry and Timber Bureau
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