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Abey
Abey (Tetragastris balsamifera)

Family: Burseraceae

Common names: Abey, Abey hembra, Aguarraz moena, Amacey, Bois cochon, Gommier, Gommier encens, Masa, Palo cochino, Palo de aceite

Distributed in: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadelope [France], Haiti, Puerto Rico [US] (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Cooperages, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Millwork, Oars, Paneling

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isOther figure, the textureFineand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Drying (speed) is fast

Drying Defects: Slight surface checking, Slight twist/warp

Ease of Drying: Reconditioning Treatement

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Moderate gluing properties

Mortising: Finishes well

Moulding: Good finishing

Movement in Service: Good finishing

Nailing: Possible if prebored, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes to a satisfactory finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Satisfactory

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Sanding: Good sanding finish

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Poor to Very Poor Results

Screwing: Possible if prebored, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 801 kg/m3
Bending Strength 854 1323 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 1051 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 139 kg/cm2
Stiffness 117 135 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Weight 785 624 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,49 0,7 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 12154 18826 psi
Density 50 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2318 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 1989 psi
Stiffness 1665 1923 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 7 10 inch-lbs/in3
Weight 49 39 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %

Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = hard
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Max. crushing strength (stiffness) = very low
Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft
Bending strength (MOR) = medium

Dickinson, F.E.,1949,Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods 1,Tropical Woods,13(95,pp1-140Lamb, A.F.A., Wangaard, F.F.,1950,The Gluing Properties of certain Tropical American Woods,Yale Univ. School of Forestry Technical Report,4Little, E.L., Wadsworth, F.H.,1964,Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.249Longwood, F.R.,1961,Puerto Rican Woods - Their Machining Seasoning and Related Characteristics,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook,No.205Record, S.J., Hess, R.W.,1943,Timbers of the New World,Yale University PressWangaard, F.F., Muschler, A.F.,1952,Properties and Uses of Tropical Woods 3,Tropical Woods,14(98, pp1-190
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