(Eucalyptus Sideroxylon )
1 Origin : Victoria , New South Wales, Queensland
2 Description: Dark red with a pale sapwood. Immensely strong and
durable.
Weight
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(kg / m3 ) 1130 kg/m3
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(lbs / ft3) 70 lbs /ft3
3 Uses Heavy engineering construction, Poles, Sleeper wharfage.
Finding favour now as a furniture timber.
4 Working
Properties ( various authorities comments)
* Hard to work because of density and interlocked grain.
* Texture medium and even.
* Sapwood rarely attacked by lyctid borers
Specifications / Sizes generally stocked:
Thickness & Squares : 3 " x 3 " & 4 " x 4 "
( 75mm x 75mm) ( 100mm x 100mm )
Widths: Flitches 3 " x 6 " ( 75mm x 150mm )
Lengths 10 ' ( 3m )
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