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Casuarina
Casuarina (Casuarina torulosa)

Family: Casuarinaceae

Common names: Casuarina, Forest oak, Rose she-oak, Rose sheoak

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

Common uses: Agricultural implements, Boat building (general), Cabinetmaking, Cooperages, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Fuelwood, Furniture, Mathematical instruments, Paneling, Shingles, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Toys, Turnery, Vehicle parts, Veneer: decorative, Walking sticks

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isPurple, Redand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Very durable

Odor: Has a taste

Drying Defects: No end splitting, No twisting or warping

Ease of Drying: Rapidly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is cylindrical

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fair to Good

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Pre-boring recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Planes well, to a good finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Easy to machine

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Steam bending: Fair to Good Results

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fair to Good Results

Polishing: Surface Preparation; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 913 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 897 721 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 57 lbs/ft3
Weight 56 45 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 3 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 53 - 60 lbs

Anderson, R.H.,1947,The Trees of New South Wales,New South Wales Department of AgricultureAudas, J.W.,Native Trees of Australia,Whitcombe & Tombs PTY. LtdAustralia - Forestry and Timber Bureau,1957,Forest Trees of Australia,Australia Interior Department, Forestry and Timber BureauAustralia - N.S.W. Forestry Commission,1988,Furniture Timbers of New South Wales,Forest Commission, N.S.W., Aust. Tech. Publication No.1Brown, W.H.,1978,Timbers of the World, No. 8 Australasia,TRADA, Red Booklet SeriesHall, N., Et al,1970,Forest Trees of Australia,Australian Government Publishing Service, CanberraHoward, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed.Keating, W.G., Bolza, E.,1982,Characteristics properties and uses of timbers. South East Asia, Northern,Australia and the Pacific,C.S.I.R.O. Div. Chemical Technology,Inkata Press,1
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