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PUTTS "PINE"

Also called " Silver Silkwood"

(Findersia Acuminata)

 

1. Origin                                 North Queensland

 

2. Description:                  Pale Yellow / Gold with occasional Brown markings. 

                                                    Texture medium and even. Grain often interlocked giving

                                                    a ripple  figure to quartered surface.

 

   Weight

  •    (kg / m3 )                     530 kg/m3

  •    (lbs / ft3)                         33 lbs /ft3

 

3. Uses                                    Furniture, decorative veneer, panelling , joinery and boat

                                                   building.

 

4. Working

          Properties              ( various authorities comments)

 

                                                             *  Easy to work

 

                                                             *  Peels and slices readily

 

                                                             *  Not a pine

 

                               Specifications / Sizes generally stocked:

 

                                                       Thickness:      1" (25mm)

 

                                                       Squares:          2.5" x 2.5" ( 63mm x 63mm)

 

                                                       Widths:            3" & 4"  (75mm & 100mm)

 

                                                       Lengths:          3' & up ( 0.9m & up)

 

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