Wood inspector

Family: Myrtaceae

Common names: Blackbutt, Ghost Gum, Western Australian Blackbutt

Distributed in: Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Barrels, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Casks, Chemical containers, Construction, Crossties, Domestic flooring, Factory construction, Factory flooring, Flooring, Fuelwood, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Mine timbers, Packing cases, Parquet flooring, Pile-driver cushions, Piling, Poles, Railroad ties, Stairrails, Stairworks, Stringers, Sub-flooring, Utility poles

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 200-250 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Reddish brownand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureUniform

Natural durability: Resistant to termites, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries at a moderate speed

Drying Defects: Checking, Moderate surface checking

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: Yeilds honey that is sticky and safe for livestock

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on machining is moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Reported to be hard and dense

Gluing: Surface Preparation

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Holds nails well, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: Response to hand and machine tools is fairly good

Resistance to Abrasion: Moderate

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is treatable

Response to hand tools: Responds well to hand tools

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

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

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent;