Huon Pine
Dacrydium Franklinii
Heartwood pale straw, becoming yellow after long exposure. Sapwood very narrow and hard to distinguish. Texture very fine and even. Grain straight. Growth rings closely spaced. A characteristic odour, due to the essential oil methyl eugenol, present when wood freshly cut. Material with a birds-eye figure is sometimes obtainable.
Origin
Tasmania
Density
520
Technical Data
- Density
- 520
- Radial Shrinkage
- 2.5%
- Finish
- Excellent
- Durability
- Durable
- Machining
- Excellent
- Split Resistance Screwing
- Excellent
- Split Resistance Nailing
- Excellent
- Gluing
- Fair
- Growing Region
- Tasmania
- Tangential Shrinkage
- 3%
- Stability
- Excellent
- Susceptible to Lyctus Borer
- No
- Availability
- Limited
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