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CypressCypress
Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

Family: Cupressaceae

Common names: Cypress, East African cypress

Distributed in: Greece, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey (Mediterranean Sea Region, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Exterior uses, Shipbuilding, Structural work, Trunks, Utility furniture, Wardrobes

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureUniform

Natural durability: Resistant to powder post beetles, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: There is a distinct cedar-like scent which tends to fade with time

Drying Defects: Collapse, Internal Honeycombing Possible

Ease of Drying: Veneer dries relatively rapidly, with little degrade except slight tendency to split

Comments: Generally strong and tough for its weight.

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Very good properties

Mortising: Straight-Grained wood is easy

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor , Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Wood usually has interlocked grain, making it more difficult to work with hand tools

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Poor

Screwing: Good screw holding properties, Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 42,2
Density 432 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 %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 27 lbs/ft3
Specific Gravity 42.2
Weight 26 21. lbs/ft3

The weight is moderate. The species has average, or medium, density

Lincoln, W.A. 1986. World Woods in Color. Linden Publishing Co. Inc. Fresno, California.
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