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Chilean laurel
Chilean laurel (Laurelia sempervirens)

Family: Monimiaceae

Common names: Chilean laurel, Huahuan, Lauel, Laurelia

Distributed in: Chile (Latin America)

Common uses: Boxes and crates, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Flooring: industrial heavy traffic, Food containers, Furniture, Joinery, Moldings, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isYellow, Yellow to golden-yellow to orangeand the sapwoodGreen/Grey, Yellow.The grain isWeak figure, the textureMediumand the lusterSlightly lustrous

Natural durability: Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles, Very durable

Silica Content: High

Kiln Schedules: Kiln Drying Rate (in days) is fairly rapid

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: Slight twist/warp, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: High to severe

Boring: Fairly difficult to very difficult

Carving: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Cutting Resistance: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult to saw

Gluing: Easy to glue

Mortising: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Moulding: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Movement in Service: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Nailing: Poor to Very Poor , Possible if prebored

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Resistance to Splitting: Poor

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Routing recessing: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Steam bending: Moderate

Screwing: Easy to screw, Possible if prebored; Turning: Fairly Difficult to Very Difficult

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Finish is generally satisfactory ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 480 kg/m3
Bending Strength 497 779 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 207 354 kg/cm2
Hardness 298 kg
Impact Strength 38 cm
Shearing Strength 108 kg/cm2
Stiffness 81 94 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 464 400 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7071 11082 psi
Density 30 lbs/ft3
Hardness 657 lbs
Impact Strength 15 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 2947 5044 psi
Shearing Strength 1546 psi
Stiffness 1153 1346 1000 psi
Weight 29 25 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 8 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 8 %

Bending strength (MOR) = low
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low
Max. crushing strength = low
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Max. crushing strength = medium
Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low
Toughness-Hammer drop (Impact Strength) = very low
Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium
Hardness (side grain) = very soft
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Density (dry weight) = 23-30 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Volumetric = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = small
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shrinkage, Radial = large
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low

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