Bowerbird Saved Timbers : Macrocarpa Cypress

Technical Info

General Description	The wood of all the cypress species is similar. They have tan to pink coloured wood of fine even texture and when quarter sawn, the rays give the wood a lustrous appearance similar to that of Kauri Pine.
Working Qualities	The wood is quite soft and easy to work with only a slight blunting effect on cutting tools. It has a decorative straight grain with a characteristic spicy odour. It nails, screws and glues well and gives satisfactory results with common finishing treatments .

Density	Medium to low density. 820 kg/m3 Green. 400 kg/m3 @ 12% MC
Hardness	Most of the cypresses are similar to Radiata in all mechanical properties except for surface hardness values which are lower in cypress.
Strength Group	N/A
Stress Grades
Seasoned	F7 Nominal (not currently on Australian standards listings)
Unseasoned	F5
Seasoning And Shrinkage to 12% MC	All the cypresses have low shrinkage, from green to 12%MC The two cypresses that have been tested for dimensional stability (C. macrocarpa and C. lusitanica) are both very stable with a better short and long term dimensional stability than Radiata pine .
Tangential	3.3%
Radial	1.6%
Durability	The heart wood of cypress is generally moderate with an expected life of 10 to 15 years in ground contact situations and well over 15 years above ground. The sap wood is not durable.
Lyctid Susceptibility	The cypresses are resistant to the common house borer.
Preservation	N/A
Machining	Easy but knots can prove troublesome
Uses	uses