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Mountain Ash
| Botanic Name |
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Eucalyptus regnans |
| Common Names |
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Tasmanian Oak, Victorian Ash. |
| Origin |
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Australia |
| Cultural Information |
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N/A |
Timber Appearance
| General Description |
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Pale to light brown timber with a pinkish tinge. Straight grained and open texture , with interlocked or wavy grain with fiddleback figure on quatersawn faces. Gum veins are also present. |
| Working Qualities |
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There is moderate blunting of cutting edges and tools must be kept sharp, but all machining operations are satisfactory. Screwing, gluing and finishing processes are good. |
Timber Properties
| Density |
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620 kg/m3 |
| Hardness |
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Medium bending and stiffness properties and high crushing strength |
| Strength Group |
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No Info Yet |
| Stress Grades |
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No Info Yet |
Seasoned |
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No Info Yet |
Unseasoned |
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No Info Yet |
Seasoning
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Shrinkage to 12% MC |
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Dries readily and fairly quickly, with a tendency for surface checks, distortion and internal checking and collapse . |
Tangential |
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No Info Yet |
Radial |
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No Info Yet |
| Durability |
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The heart wood is moderately durable. |
| Lyctid Susceptibility |
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Sapwood is liable to attack by powder post. |
| Preservation |
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The heart wood is resistant to preservative treatment but the sapwood is permeable. |
| Machining |
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Moderately easy. |
| Uses |
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Furniture, joinery, paneling, weatherboards, agricultural implements, handles, structural use, domestic flooring, cladding, boxes and crates. |
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