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Blunting Effect
Boring
Carving
Comments
Common Names
Common Uses
Countries of Distribution
Cutting Resistance
Drying Defects
Ease of Drying
Environmental Profile
Family Name
Gluing
Grain
Heartwood Color
Kiln Drying Rate
Kiln Schedules
Luster
Mortising
Moulding
Movement in Service
Nailing
Natural Durability
Numerical Data
Odor
Painting
Planing
Polishing
References
Regions of Distribution
Resistance to Impregnation
Response to Hand Tools
Routing & Recessing
Sanding
Sapwood Color
Scientific Name
Screwing
Staining
Steam Bending
Strength Properties
Texture
Trade Name
Tree Size
Turning
Varnishing
Veneering Qualities
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Common Names
Anis, Antarctic beech, Beech, Chilean beech, Chilean oak, Cohigue, Coigue, Coihue, Coyan, Coygue, Guindo, Hualle, Hualo, Lengue, Melica, Nire, Oyan, Pellin, Rauli, Roble, Roble cienego, Roble de Magellanes, Ruili, South American beech, Southern beech, Southern hemisphere beech
Regions of Distribution
Latin America
Countries of Distribution
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Chile
Common Uses
Boat building: framing, Boxes and crates, Brush backs & handles, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Cooperages, Flooring, Food containers, Fuelwood, Furniture, Heavy construction, Joinery, Light construction, Millwork, Mine timbers, Plywood, Poles, Pulp/Paper products, Railroad ties, Roofing, Sporting Goods, Structural work, Tool handles, Vats, Vehicle parts
Environmental Profile
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Heartwood Color
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| Dark brown |
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Sapwood Color
| Yellow |
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| Pinkish |
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| Different than heartwood |
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Grain
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Texture
| Coarse |
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Luster
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| Lustrous |
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Natural Durability
| Perishable |
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| Non-durable |
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| Non durable |
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| Susceptible to attack from powder post (Lyctid & Bostrychid) beetles |
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| Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) often present in the standing tree |
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| Pinworms (ambrosia beetles) are commonly present |
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| Durable |
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Odor
Kiln Schedules
| UK=B US=T2C2/T2C1 Fr=2 |
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| Dry at a slow speed |
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| UK=C US=T3C2/T3C1 Fr=3 |
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Drying Defects
| Distortion |
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| Splitting |
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| Collapse |
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| Severe collapse and honeycomb |
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| Moderate twist/warp |
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| Moderate end spitting |
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| Severe end splitting |
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| Moderate collapse and honeycombing |
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Ease of Drying
| Moderately Difficult to Difficult |
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| Fairly Easy |
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| Figure Occurrence is variable |
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Kiln Drying Rate
| Rapid |
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| Drying rate is fairly rapid to fast |
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| Naturally dries at a moderate speed |
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| Naturally dries quickly |
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| Tree height is 20-30 m |
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| Tree height is 10-20 m |
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| Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm |
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| Bole length is 0-10 m |
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| Bark width is 15-20 mm |
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| Tree height is 30-40 m |
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| Bole length is 10-20 m |
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| Trunk diameter is 150-200 cm |
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Comments
General finishing qualities are rated as good
Blunting Effect
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| Blunting effect on sawing dry wood is moderate |
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Boring
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Carving
Cutting Resistance
| Easy to saw |
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Gluing
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| Fair to Good Results |
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Mortising
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| Fair to Good Results |
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Moulding
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| Fair to Good Results |
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Movement in Service
| Excellent Stability - Small Movement |
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| Fair to Good Stability - Medium Movement |
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Nailing
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Planing
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| Fair to Good Results |
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| Very Good to Excellent Results |
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Resistance to Impregnation
| Resistant heartwood |
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Response to Hand Tools
| Easy to Work |
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Routing & Recessing
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Sanding
| Fair to Good Results |
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Screwing
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Veneering Qualities
| Veneers easily |
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Steam Bending
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Painting
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Polishing
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| Satisfactory results |
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Staining
| Fair to Good Results |
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| Finish is generally satisfactory |
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| Staining (Characteristic) = non-staining |
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Varnishing
Strength Properties
| Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = low |
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| Bending strength (MOR) = medium |
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| Hardness (side grain) = soft |
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| Max. crushing strength = high |
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| Density (dry weight) = 38-45 lbs/cu. ft. |
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| Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = very low |
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| Shrinkage, Volumetric = large |
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| Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = very low |
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| Shearing strength (parallel to grain) = medium |
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| Modulus of Elasticity (stiffness) = medium |
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| Density (dry weight) = 31-37 lbs/cu. ft. |
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| Shrinkage, Tangential = moderate |
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| Shrinkage, Tangential = fairly large |
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| Shrinkage, Radial = moderate |
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| Bending strength (MOR) = high |
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| Shrinkage, Radial = small |
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| Max. crushing strength = low |
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| Density (dry weight) = 46-52 lbs/cu. ft. |
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Numerical Data
| Item | Green | Dry | English |
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| Bending Strength | 8938 | 13960 | psi |
| Density | | 38 | lbs/ft3 |
| Hardness | | 995 | lbs |
| Maximum Crushing Strength | 4784 | 7413 | psi |
| Shearing Strength | | 1550 | psi |
| Stiffness | 1339 | 1549 | 1000 psi |
| Weight | 37 | 29 | lbs/ft3 |
| Radial Shrinkage | 5 | | % |
| Tangential Shrinkage | 9 | | % |
| Volumetric Shrinkage | 14 | | % |
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