Uses
- Interior carpentry
- Parquet
- Furniture or furnishing elements
- Frame
- laminated glued
- Poteau
- Panelling
- Mine wood
- light frame
Wood Description
Color reference
red brown
Sapwood
Quite distinct
Grain
Coarse
Contrefil
Slight
Physical Properties
Mushrooms
class 3-4 - medium to low durability
Termites
class S – sensitive
Class of employment
class 2 - indoors or under cover (risk of humidification)
Drying
Drying speed
normal to slow
Risk of deformation
high
Risk of cementation
yes
Risk of chapping
high
Risk of collapse
yes
Sawing and assembly
Suitability for slicing
not recommended or not interesting
Ability to decoil
good
Machining tools
ordinary
Nailing/ screwing
good fit, pre-drilled holes required
Gluing
correct