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Honey box
Honey box (Eucalyptus melliodora)

Family: Myrtaceae

Common names: Honey box, Yellow box, Yellow ironbox, Yellow jacket

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

Distribution overview: In Australia in southeast Queensland, New South Wales, and western Victoria. This species is quite variable in hardiness, habit, and features due to geographical variations in its large natural range, and is therefore not usually regarded as a hardy species.￿

Common uses: Fuelwood, Heavy construction, Poles, Posts, Railroad ties, Wheel spokes, Wheels

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodRed .The grain isInterlocked, the textureFine

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from termites (Isoptera), Susceptible to insect attack

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a slow speed

Drying Defects: Distortion, Internal Honeycombing Possible

Ease of Drying: Moderately Difficult to Difficult

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Fair to Good

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Screwing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy ; Turning: Fair to Good Results

Polishing: Fair to Good; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 801 kg/m3
Bending Strength 954 1473 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 485 699 kg/cm2
Hardness 1333 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 185 kg/cm2
Stiffness 128 148 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 849 785 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 13576 20956 psi
Density 50 lbs/ft3
Hardness 2940 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 6899 9945 psi
Shearing Strength 2632 psi
Stiffness 1833 2113 1000 psi
Weight 53 49 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Density (dry weight) = 61<
Max. crushing strength = high
Hardness (side grain) = Hard
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = very small
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium

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