Blackwood

Botanic Name   Acacia melanoxylon
Common Names   Blackwood
Origin   A medium sized hardwood found in all eastern states with considerable occurence in Tasmania.
Cultural Information  

Timber Appearance

General Description  

heartwood golden brown but often consistently inconsistent in colour,often with bands of dark coloring and sometimes a reddish appearance.Sapwood a distinct pale blaze pattern.

Working Qualities   Texture medium and even, grain usually straight but sometimes wavy producing a fiddleback feature.

Timber Properties

Density   GD 870 kg/m3 and ADD 640 kg/m3
Hardness   Janka scale 4.6 green and 5.9 dry
Strength Group   SD4
Stress Grades  
Seasoned
  
Unseasoned
  
Seasoning And
Shrinkage to 12% MC 		  Easy to dry with little checking or collapse.
Tangential
   4%
Radial
   1.5%
Durability  
Lyctid Susceptibility   Sapwood susceptible tyo Lyctid borers
Preservation   preservation
Machining   Easy to work, need to reduce planer angles for fiddleback material.
Uses   Furniture, decorative veneers, panelling, carving, turnining,, flloring,boat building, gun stocks etc.. (a good all rounder)