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Clicking any heading in the main data area (at right) will scroll the page back to this top position. Use the following links to jump to the associated section in the main data. Blunting Effect Boring Carving Common Names Common Uses Countries of Distribution Cutting Resistance Distribution Overview Drying Defects Ease of Drying Environmental Profile Family Name Gluing Grain Heartwood Color Kiln Schedules Luster Mortising Moulding Movement in Service Nailing Natural Durability Numerical Data Odor Planing 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 Scientific Name Nothofagus sp. Trade Name Coigue Family Name Fagaceae Common Names Anis, Coigue, Coihue, Coyan, Hualo, Lengue, Nire, Rauli, Roble, Roble ruili, South American beech Regions of Distribution Latin America Countries of Distribution  [VIEW MAP] Argentina, Chile Common Uses Bedroom suites, Bent Parts, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Chairs, Chests, Cooperages, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Drawer sides, Fine furniture, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Interior construction, Interior trim, Kitchen cabinets, Living-room suites, Millwork, Office furniture, Parquet flooring, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Stools, Sub-flooring, Utility furniture, Wardrobes Environmental Profile Status has not been officially assessed Distribution Overview Coigue (N. dombeyi) occurs from latitude 38 degrees south northward along the coast of Chile, and up the river valleys into the high cordilleras in northern Llanquihue. It is adapted to poor soils. Rauli (N. procera) grows from the Province of Valparaiso to the Province of Valdivia, and thrives mostly on good soils. Heartwood Color Brown Yellow Red Reddish brown Pale reddish brown Cherry red Sapwood Color Brown Yellow Cream/Pale brown Grain Even Straight Straight Texture Medium Fine Variable Uniform Fine Luster Low to medium Natural Durability Resistant to termites Natural resistance to decay varies by species Odor Has an odor No specific smell or taste Kiln Schedules Schedule B(4/4) United Kingdom Rauli - T6-D2 (4/4); T3-D1 (8/4) US Coigue - T2-C2 (4/4); T2-C1(8/4) US Drying Defects Splitting Twisted curls create pronounced figure Collapse Radial: 3.1% Shrinkage, green to 12% MC, New Zealand Silver beech(N. menziesii ) Tangential: 5.7% The wood of Coigue is prone to collapse and twist. Air drying prior to kiln drying has been suggested. Volumetric: 9.3% Ease of Drying Fairly Easy Medium to High Shrinkage Thick Stock Requires Care Moderately Difficult to Difficult Variable results. Dries slowly with little degrade Difficult Wood of Coigue (N. dombeyi ) is generally difficult to dry, while Rauli (N. dombeyi ) tends to dry at a slow rate, with little degrade Tree Size Nothofagus trees attain heights of up to 130 feet (39 m), with trunk diameters that are often 24 to 36 inches (60 to 90 cm), but sometimes reaching 6 to 8 feet (2 to 2.4 m). They develop boles that are often free of branches to about 60 feet (18 m) Blunting Effect Little Boring Fairly easy to very easy Carving Fairly Easy to Very Easy Good results Cutting Resistance Easy to saw Gluing Fair to Good Results Good gluing properties Mortising Fairly Easy to Very Easy Moulding Fairly Easy to Very Easy Movement in Service Very stable after seasoning Small Nailing Fair to Good Results Very Good to Excellent Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Planing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Yields clean surfaces Easy to plane Nothofagus timbers are generally easy to work. They plane, turn, bore, mould, and mortise well to yield clean surfaces Resistance to Impregnation Resistant sapwood Resistant heartwood Sapwood is permeable Heartwood is moderately resistant Response to Hand Tools Easy to Work Responds Readily Routing & Recessing Fairly Easy to Very Easy Sanding Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Easy to sand Screwing Very Good to Excellent Results Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Turning Fairly Easy to Very Easy Steam Bending Good Fair Staining Fair to Good Results Fairly Easy to Very Easy Strength Properties Very dense Resists denting and marring Hardness = medium Compression strength (parallel to grain) = high Bending strength (MOR) = high Bending strength in the air-dry condition (about 12 percent moisture content) is high - comparable to Teak. Strength in compression parallel to grain is in the high range. Other species in this range include Teak, White oak, and Hard maple Numerical Data Item Green Dry English Bending Strength 8161 12444 psi Density 37 lbs/ft3 Hardness 970 lbs Maximum Crushing Strength 3600 6877 psi Stiffness 1317 1656 1000 psi Specific Gravity 0.45 Radial Shrinkage 4 % Tangential Shrinkage 7 % Item Green Dry Metric Bending Strength 573 874 kg/cm2 Density 592 kg/m3 Hardness 439 kg Maximum Crushing Strength 253 483 kg/cm2 Stiffness 92 116 1000 kg/cm2 Specific Gravity 0.45 Radial Shrinkage 4 % References Boone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois, E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Hardwoods - Temperate and Tropical. USDA, Forest Service, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-57, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Chudnoff, M.,1984,Tropical Timbers of the World,U.S.A. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products,Laboratory, Madison. Kaiser, Jo-Ann. Wood of the Month: S. American Cherrywood - The Cherrywood that's not True Cherry. Wood & Wood Products, May, 1990. Page 32.