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Manna gum
Manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis)

Family: Myrtaceae

Common names: Manna gum, Viminalis gum

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

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Fuelwood, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Paneling, Piling, Plywood, Poles, Pulp/Paper products, Sporting Goods, Tool handles, Vehicle parts, Veneer

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isInterlocked, the textureUniformand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a moderate speed

Kiln Drying Rate: Rapid

Drying Defects: Severe twisting/warping, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Variable

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as satisfactory

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Poor to Very Poor Results

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Pre-boring recommended

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Satisfactory routing results

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Good

Screwing: Possible if prebored, Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Painting: Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Polishing: Surface Preparation; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 769 kg/m3
Bending Strength 692 1078 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 351 540 kg/cm2
Hardness 752 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 120 kg/cm2
Stiffness 124 143 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Weight 753 608 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9843 15333 psi
Density 48 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1658 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5001 7687 psi
Shearing Strength 1713 psi
Stiffness 1774 2046 1000 psi
Weight 47 38 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 6 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Max. crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = high
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Density (dry weight) = 53-60
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Hardness (side grain) = medium

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