Tasmanian Blackwood
Acacia Melanoxylon
Heartwood golden brown, often with narrow bands of darker colour indicative of the growth rings. Sometimes reddish streaks are also present. Grain usually straight but sometimes wavy, producing a fiddleback figure. Also known as Blackwood, Black Wattle.
Origin
Tasmania
Density
665
Technical Data
- Density
- 665
- Modulus of Rupture Mpa Dry
- 99
- Radial Shrinkage
- 1.5%
- Hardness (janka) (kN)
- 6.0
- Finish
- Good
- Durability
- Non Durable
- Machining
- Good
- Split Resistance Screwing
- Good
- Split Resistance Nailing
- Good
- Gluing
- Good
- Growing Region
- Tasmania
- Specific Gravity
- 0.66
- Modulus of Elasticity Gpa Dry
- 13
- Tangential Shrinkage
- 4%
- Stability
- Excellent
- Susceptible to Lyctus Borer
- Yes
- Availability
- Widely