Wood inspector

Sei in: home » database dei legni
  • Decrease font size
  • Default character size
  • Encrease font size


Fornitori

Ditta 5
Indirizzo: via dei platani 4 liguria
Tel.: +39 456 5664 54

Sito web: www.pippo.it
E-mail: 
Ditta 4
Indirizzo: via dei platani 4 liguria
Tel.: +39 456 5664 54

Sito web: www.pippo.it
E-mail: 
Ditta 3
Indirizzo: via dei platani 4 liguria
Tel.: +39 456 5664 54

Sito web: www.pippo.it
E-mail: 
Ditta 2
Indirizzo: via dei platani 4 liguria
Tel.: +39 456 5664 54

Sito web: www.pippo.it
E-mail: 
Ditta 1
Indirizzo: via dei platani 4 liguria
Tel.: +39 456 5664 54

Sito web: www.pippo.it
E-mail: 
Ditta 0
Indirizzo: via dei platani 4 liguria
Tel.: +39 456 5664 54

Sito web: www.pippo.it
E-mail: 

Contatti

database dei legni


Ask informationsPrint pageSend to a friend
Flowering dogwoodFlowering dogwoodFlowering dogwood
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

Family: Cornaceae

Common names: Boxwood, Bunchberry, Cornel, Dogwood, Florida dogwood, Flowering dogwood

Distributed in: Canada, United States (North America)

Distribution overview: Flowering dogwood grows from central Florida northward to southwestern Maine and extends westward through southern Ontario to central Michigan, central Illinois, Missouri, southeastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas.The variety urbiniana (or subspecies) is found in the mountains of Nuevo Leon and Veracruz in eastern Mexico.The form xanthocarpa occurs in parts of New York.

Common uses: Bearings & bushings, Bobbins, Bushing blocks, Farm vehicles, Golf club heads, Jewelry box, Levers, Machinery parts, Propellers , Pulley sheaves, Pulley wheels, Shuttles, Sills, Skids, Specialty items, Spools, Sporting Goods, Textile equipment, Trestle

Product sources: Dogwood is rather scarce as lumber, and is usually priced in the high range. It is very valuable and is sometimes sold by the pound, because clear Dogwood is very limited in supply. It has the advantage of being hard, smooth, and pleasing to the eye, but it is rarely found in the home workshop.

Environment profile: Widespread

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowish brownand the sapwoodWhite to light pink, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Sapwood is vulnerable to decay, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Silica Content: Siliceous

Kiln Schedules: T6 - C3 (4/4) US

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight end splitting, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Requires slow and careful seasoning to prevent degrade.

Comments: About 90 percent of all its timber is used commercially for making shuttles for textile weaving. Timber of Dogwood on the commercial market is composed entirely of sapwoodGenerally hard and heavy

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Glues well

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Routing recessing: Very Good to Excellent Results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing

Turning: Poor to Very Poor Results

Polishing: Good;

  • Numerical data Metric
  • Numerical data English
  • Strength properties
  • References
Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,51 0,67
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 654 1303 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 321 405 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength 68 cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 97 162 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 12 %
Radial Shrinkage 7 %
Weight 977 785 kg/m3
Maximum Load 1,47 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending 751 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9310 18539 psi
Crushing Strength 4567 5770 psi
Impact Strength 27 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 3567 9785 psi
Static Bending 10691 psi
Stiffness 1382 2314 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 21 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.51 0.67
Weight 61 49 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 7 %
Tangential Shrinkage 12 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 20 %

Very heavy
Compression strength (parallel to grain) = very high
Bending strength (MOR) = very high

Bodig, J. and B. A. Jayne. 1982. Mechanics of Wood and Wood Composites. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York.Boone, R. S., C. J. Kozlik, P. J. Bois, and E. M. Wengert.1988.Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Hardwoods - Temperate and Tropical. USDA, Forest Service, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-57, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.HMSO.1972.Handbook of Hardwoods, 2nd Edition.Revised by R. H. Farmer. Department of the Environment, Building Research Establishment, Princes Risborough Laboratory, Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.Kline, M. 1981. Cornus florida - Flowering dogwood. In A Guide to Useful Woods of the World. Flynn Jr., J.H., Editor. King Philip Publishing Co., Portland, Maine. 1994. Page 122-123.Little, E.L.1980.The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees - Eastern Region.Published by Arthur A. Knopf, New York.Panshin, A. J. and C. deZeeuw.Textbook of Wood Technology.McGraw-Hill Series in Forest Resources.McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.USDA.1987.Wood Handbook - Wood as an Engineering Material, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 72, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.USDA.1988.Dry Kiln Operators Manual, Preliminary Copy.Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.WCMC.1992.Conservation Status Listing - Trees and Timbers of the World.World Conservation Monitoring Center - Plants Programme, Cambridge, CB3 ODL, United Kingdom.
*Come interpretare i dati (manleva su eventuali imprecisioni)