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Australian mountain ash
Australian mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans)

Family: Myrtaceae

Common names: Australian mountain ash, Australian swamp mahogany, Blood wood, Swamp gum, Swamp mahogany, Swamp messmate

Distributed in: Brazil, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa (Africa, Latin America, Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Boat building (general), Boxes and crates, Cabinetmaking, Flooring, Flooring: commercial heavy traffic, Furniture, Handles: general, Heavy construction, Joinery, Ladders, Light construction, Mine timbers, Moldings, Paneling, Piling, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Railroad ties, Turnery, Veneer

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodColor not distinct from heartwood, Paler than heartwood.The grain isWith distinct light and dark bands, the textureMedium coarse

Natural durability: Susceptible to marine borer attack, Very durable

Kiln Drying Rate: Slow

Drying Defects: Severe collapse and honeycomb, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Boring: Moderately easy

Gluing: Moderate gluing properties

Planing: Planes to a satisfactory finish

Resistance to Impregnation: Sapwood is permeable

Response to hand tools: Fairly Difficult to Difficult to Work

Veneering qualities: Suitable for peeling, Suitable for slicing

Screwing: Easy to screw ; Turning: Finish is generally satisfactory

Polishing: Satisfactory; Staining: Finish is generally good ;

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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 608 kg/m3
Bending Strength 542 849 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 365 556 kg/cm2
Hardness 601 kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 93 kg/cm2
Stiffness 106 122 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 592 480 kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 7711 12078 psi
Density 38 lbs/ft3
Hardness 1326 lbs
Maximum Crushing Strength 5195 7917 psi
Shearing Strength 1334 psi
Stiffness 1512 1745 1000 psi
Weight 37 30 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 9 %

Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Radial = fairly large
Max. crushing strength = high
Bending strength (MOR) = medium
Bending strength (MOR) = low
Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = low
Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft.
Shrinkage, Tangential = large
Shrinkage, Radial = small
Shrinkage, Radial = moderate
Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low
Hardness (side grain) = soft
Hardness (side grain) = medium
Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft.

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