Casearia (Casearia dallachyi)
Family: Flacourtiaceae
Common names: Casearia
Distributed in: Australia (Oceania and S.E. Asia)
Distribution overview: Australia.
Common uses: Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Furniture , Turnery
Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed
Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm
Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellowish brownand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniformand the lusterOften lustrous
Natural durability: Very durable, Very little natural resistance
Odor: No specific smell or taste
Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly
Drying Defects: Prone to checking , Uneven Moisture Content
Ease of Drying: Slowly
Blunting Effect: Little
Boring: Fairly easy to very easy
Carving: Very good results
Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw
Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent
Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood
Response to hand tools: Responds Readily
Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy
Steam bending: Fairly Easy to Very Easy
Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Very good
Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;
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