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Kalampu
Kalampu (Sandoricum indicum)

Family: Meliaceae

Common names: Kalampu, Katon, Kra-thon, Sentul, Sevai, Sevamanu, Thitto

Distributed in: Brunei, Burma, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Furniture, Heavy construction, Light construction, Plywood, Poles, Sporting Goods, Textile equipment, Vehicle parts

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, White to yellow.The grain isVariable figure, the textureMediumand the lusterLustrous

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

LightInduced Color Change: Darker

Drying Defects: No surface checking, No twisting or warping

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Easy to nail

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

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

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 528 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 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 33 lbs/ft3
Weight 32 26 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. 1
Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.

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