Uses
- Interior/exterior carpentry
- Parquet
- Furniture or furnishing elements
- Shipbuilding (planking and deck)
- Cabinet making (luxury furniture)
- Cooperage
- Vehicle or container bottom
- Sliced veneer
- Panelling
- Turned articles
- laminated glued
- Light frame
- Interior of plywood
- Plywood face or counterface
Wood Description
Color reference
Yellow brown
Sapwood
quite distinct
Grain
Coarse
Contrefil
Slight
Physical Properties
Mushrooms
class 1-2 - very durable to durable
Termites
class D - durable
Class of employment
class 3 - off the ground, outdoors
Drying
Drying speed
normal
Risk of deformation
low
Risk of cementation
no
Risk of chapping
absent or very low
Risk of collapse
no
Sawing and assembly
Suitability for slicing
good
Ability to decoil
good
Machining tools
with tungsten carbide
Nailing/ screwing
good performance
Gluing
correct
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