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