Technical Info
Messmate
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Botanic Name |
Eucalyptus obliqua |
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Common Names |
Messmate |
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Origin |
Common occurance in Tasmania & Victoria. also tablelands of NSW & Southern QLD. |
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Cultural Information |
N/A |
Timber Appearance
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General Description |
heartwood pale brown, sapwood pale yellow, can be a rich warm timber with oil finish. |
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Working Qualities |
Texture moderately coarse but even, Grain sometimes interlocked. Growth rings visible but not prominent, gum veins common. |
Timber Properties
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Density |
GD about 1080 kg/m3 and ADD (Air dry density) about 780 kg/m3 |
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Hardness |
7.1 (Janka scale) dry. |
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Strength Group |
SD3 |
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Stress Grades |
N/A |
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Seasoned |
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Unseasoned |
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Seasoning And |
shrinkage |
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Tangential |
11% |
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Radial |
5% |
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Durability |
Heartwood not sufficiently durable for external use but fine without heart. |
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Lyctid Susceptibility |
Sapwood susceptible to lyctid borers. |
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Preservation |
difficult to impregnate with preservatives. |
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Machining |
Generally easy to work, glues well, satisfactory for steam bending, fuming with ammonia gives a grey colour to the surface. |
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Uses |
General construction, furniture, flooring, panelling, turning. |