Uses
- Vehicle or container bottom
- Exterior carpentry
- Interior carpentry
- Frame
- Parquet
- Plywood face or counter face
- Shipbuilding (planking and deck)
- Stairs (interior)
- Panelling
- Exterior cladding
- Bridges (part not in contact with the ground or water)
- Plywood interior
- Packing and crating
- Heavy carpentry
Wood Description
Color reference
Red brown
Sapwood
quite distinct
Grain
Coarse
Contrefil
Slight
Physical Properties
Mushrooms
class 3 - medium durability
Termites
class S – sensitive
Class of employment
class 2 - indoors or under cover (risk of humidification)
Drying
Drying speed
slow
Risk of deformation
high
Risk of cementation
no
Risk of chapping
high
Risk of collapse
no
Sawing and assembly
Suitability for slicing
not recommended or not interesting
Ability to decoil
good
Machining tools
with tungsten carbide
Nailing/ screwing
good fit, pre-drilled holes required
Gluing
correct
