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KING WILLIAM PINE

( Athrotaxis Selaginoides) 

1. Origin                                 Tasmania.

2. Description:                     Medium to large softwood from Western Tasmania. Pink to

                                                   Pale Red Brown fading on exposure. Texture fine but 

                                                   uneven due to harder latewood. Straight grain. Becoming

                                                   scarce.

  Weight

•   (kg / m³ )                      400 kg/m³

•   (lbs / ft³)                         25  lbs/ ft³

 3. Uses                               Boat building, vats, external joinery and furniture,

                                                   sounding boards for pianos and violins.

4. Working  

             Properties               ( various authorities comments)

                                                          * When free of compression wood it is easy to work 

                                                             and to steam bend.

                                                         * Resin exudation sometimes occurs and it may

                                                            interfere with proposed application on musical 

                                                            instruments

                           Specifications / Sizes generally stocked:

                                     Thickness:         1" ;        1.5"  &  2"

                                                                    ( 25mm ; 38mm  & 50mm)

                                              Widths:          4" & wider ( 100mm & Wider )

                                              Lengths         3' & longer ( .0.9m  & longer )

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