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New Zealand yew
New Zealand yew (Podocarpus hallii)

Family: Podocarpaceae

Common names: New Zealand yew, Thin-bark totara, Totara

Distributed in: New Zealand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boat building: framing, Bridge construction, Canoes, Carvings, Flooring, Furniture, Joinery (external): ground contact, Joinery, Lock gates, Musical instruments: piano, Pencil, Posts, Railroad ties, Shingles, Turnery, Vats, Veneer: decorative, Wharf construction

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWeak (figure), the textureFine to mediumand the lusterDull

Natural durability: Non durable, Resistant to attack from marine borers

Kiln Schedules: UK=J US=T10D5S/T8D4S Fr=4

Ease of Drying: Easy

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is slight

Nailing: Holds nails well

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Veneering qualities: Easy to cut, Suitable for peeling

Screwing: Screwing yields good results ; Turning: Good results

Painting: Satisfactory; Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory ;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 512 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 496 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 32 lbs/ft3
Weight 31 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = small

Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 8 Australasia,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesClifford, N.,1957,Timber Identification for the Builder and Architect,Leonard Hill (Books) LTD. LondonCockayne, L. and Phillips Turner, E.,1958,The trees of New Zealand,New Zealand Forest Service Information Series No.12Dallimore, W. and Jackson, A. Bruce,1966,A Handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae Fourth Ed. Revised by S.G.,Harrison,Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. LondonEntrican, A.R.,1949,The properties and uses of Totara (Podocarpus totara and P.hallii,New Zealand Forest Service Information Series No.6Forest Products Research Laboratory U.K.,1957,A Handbook of Softwoods,Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Forest Products Research,HMSOForest Products Research Laboratory, U.K.,1945,A Handbook of Empire Timbers,Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Forest Products ResearchRendle, B.J.,1969,World Timbers (3 Vols.,Ernest Benn Ltd. LondonSmith, S.W. and Entrican, A.R.,1957,Forestry in New Zealand,New Zealand Forest Service Information Series No.1
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