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Queensland Maple
Queensland Maple (Flindersia pimenteliana)

Family: Rutaceae

Common names: Australian maple, Flindersia, New Guinea silkwood, Queensland Maple, Silkwood, Silkwood Maple

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

Distribution overview: The species occurs in northern Queensland, Australia.

Common uses: Bedroom suites, Boat building, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Canoes, Decorative plywood, Decorative veneer, Drawer sides, Excelsior, Figured veneer, Furniture , Gunstocks, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joinery, Kitchen cabinets, Lifeboats, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Plywood, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rifle stock, Shipbuilding, Structural plywood, Trimming, Turnery, Utility plywood, Veneer, Wainscotting

Product sources: Queensland maple is available in Australia in a variety of board and joinery sizes and as veneers, plywood. laminated panels and flushboards. It is exported mainly in the form of decorative veneers. Queensland maple on the market is produced by two species (Flindersia brayleana and F. pimenteliana)

Environment profile: Vulnerable

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isWavy, the textureMediumand the lusterSilky luster

Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: Slightly scented

Kiln Schedules: Uk = C

Drying Defects: Discoloration Reconditioning treatment in kiln is recommended, interlocked grain is very prone to distort

Ease of Drying: Satisfactorily with little degrade

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Sawing properties are good

Gluing: Good gluing properties

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Good nailing properties, Holds nails well

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Highly valued as a cabinet timber in Australia. The best veneers are produced by stumps, butt logs, and crotches

Steam bending: Unsuitable

Screwing: Fair to Good Results, Fairly Easy to Very Easy; Turning: Yields clean surfaces

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Polishing: Finished clearly and polishes to a high, lustrous finish ; Staining: Stains easily ;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,51
Density 528 kg/m3
Bending Strength 498 809 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 36 76 kg/cm2
Hardness 466 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 134 kg/cm2
Stiffness 91 108 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness 114 cm-kg
Static Bending 305 544 kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7095 11515 psi
Crushing Strength 515 1091 psi
Density 33 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1029 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 3606 7002 psi
Shearing Strength 1906 psi
Static Bending 4351 7742 psi
Stiffness 1303 1539 1000 psi
Toughness 99 inch-lbs
Specific Gravity 0.51
Weight 32 26. lbs/ft3


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