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Lightwood
Lightwood (Buchanania muelleri)

Family: Anacardiaceae

Common names: Lightwood

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

Distribution overview: Australia.

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodGreen/Grey, Red.The grain isInterlocked, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Very little natural resistance, Will deteriorate rapidly in wet conditions without chemical protection

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Checking, Distortion

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Generally very soft, moderately heavy, poor quality

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor , Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work

Routing recessing: Fair to Good Results

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Screwing: Poor to Very Poor Results, Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Fair to Good;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 503 771 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 7164 10972. psi
Maximum Crushing Strength 3783 6063. psi

Density = high

Bolza, E., Kloot, N. H. 1963. The Mechanical Properties of 174 Australian Timbers. Technological Paper No. 25. Division of Forest Products, Center for Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia
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