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Glassywood
Glassywood (Guettarda combsii)

Family: Rubiaceae

Common names: Glassywood, Sastab

Distributed in: Belize, Mexico (Central America)

Common uses: Carvings, Tool handles, Turnery

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodSame as heartwood, White.The grain isStraight, the textureFineand the lusterLustrous

Natural durability: Resistant to wood staining fungal attack, Susceptible to marine borer attack

Kiln Schedules: Dry at a moderate speed

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, There is usually slight degrade as a result of spring or bow

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is fluted

Blunting Effect: Blunting effect on sawing green wood is mild

Boring: Moderately easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Easy to mortise

Moulding: Easy to mould

Movement in Service: Easy to mould

Nailing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy, Pre-Boring Recommended

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Easy to Work

Sanding: Good sanding finish

Steam bending: Poor

Turning: Good results

Painting: Very Good to Excellent; Varnishing: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
  • Numerical data English
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 753 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 4 %
Weight 737 592 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 47 lbs/ft3
Weight 46 37 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %

Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate

Belize,1946,42 Secondary Hardwood Timbers of British Honduras,British Honduras Forest Department Bulletin,No.1
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