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1
Applications
1.1
Boxes - packing boxes and crates
1.2
Building construction
1.2.1
Posts, beams, joists, rafters
1.2.2
Door and window frames and sills
1.2.3
Panelling
1.2.4
Partitioning
1.2.5
Flooring – heavy traffic
1.2.6
Flooring – general
1.2.7
Column – heavy duty
1.2.8
Column – light duty
1.2.9
Foundation piling
1.2.10
Stair – angle blocks and rough bracket
1.2.11
Stair – apron lining
1.2.12
Stair – baluster
1.2.13
Stair – balustrade
1.2.14
Stair – carriage
1.2.15
Stair – handrail
1.2.16
Stair – newel
1.2.17
Stair – riser
1.2.18
Stair – sprandrel framing
1.2.19
Stair – stringer
1.2.20
Stair – tread, bullnose, round end & winder
1.3
Carving
1.4
Cooling tower
1.4.1
Structural members
1.4.2
Non-structural members
1.5
Decking
1.6
Disposable chopsticks
1.7
Fender supports
1.8
Furniture
1.8.1
Heavy duty
1.8.2
General
1.9
Joinery and cabinet making
1.10
Marine construction – wharves and other related construction
1.11
Match boxes and splints
1.12
Mouldings
1.13
Ornamental items
1.14
Pallet
1.14.1
Permanent type, heavy duty
1.14.2
Permanent type, light duty
1.14.3
Expendable type
1.15
Pencil
1.16
Picture frames
1.17
Plywood
1.18
Railway sleepers
1.19
Shingles
1.20
Ship and boat building
1.20.1
Keels, keelsons and framework
1.20.2
Masts and spars
1.20.3
Oars and helms
1.20.4
General planking
1.21
Telegraphic & power transmission posts & cross arms
1.22
Tool handles
1.22.1
Impact
1.22.2
Non impact
1.23
Tooth picks
1.24
Vehicle bodies
1.24.1
Framework and floor boards
1.24.2
Planking
2
Machining Properties
2.1
Boring
2.1.1
Ease of boring – easy
2.1.2
Ease of boring – moderate
2.1.3
Ease of boring – difficult
2.2
Planing
2.2.1
Planing – easy
2.2.2
Planing – moderate
2.2.3
Planing – difficult
2.3
Sawing
2.3.1
Resawing - easy
2.3.2
Resawing - moderate
2.3.3
Resawing – difficult
2.3.4
Cross cutting – easy
2.3.5
Cross cutting – moderate
2.3.6
Cross cutting – difficult
2.4
Turning
2.4.1
Ease of turning – easy
2.4.2
Ease of turning – moderate
2.4.3
Ease of turning – difficult
3
Nailing Property
3.1
Excellent
3.2
Good
3.3
Poor
3.4
Very Poor
4
Physical Properties
4.1
Density
4.1.1
Very heavy (more than 1000 kg/m
3
at 15% m.c.)
4.1.2
Heavy (800 – 1,000 kg/m
3
at 15% m.c.)
4.1.3
Moderately heavy (500 – 800 kg/m
3
at 15% m.c.)
4.1.4
Light (less than 500 kg/m
3
at 15% m.c.)
4.2
Natural durability
4.2.1
Very durable (more than 10 years)
4.2.2
Durable (5 – 10 years)
4.2.3
Moderately durable (2 – 5 years)
4.2.4
Non-durable (0 – 2 years)
4.3
Texture
4.3.1
Coarse
4.3.2
Fine
4.4
Treatability (amenability to preservative treatment)
4.4.1
Extremely easy
4.4.2
Very easy
4.4.3
Easy
4.4.4
Average
4.4.5
Moderately difficult
4.4.6
Difficult
4.4.7
Very difficult
5
Strength
5.1
Very strong
5.2
Strong
5.3
Moderately strong
5.4
Weak
6
Strength Groups
6.1
SG1
6.2
SG2
6.3
SG3
6.4
SG4
6.5
SG5
6.6
SG6
6.7
SG7
7
Timber Movement
7.1
Air drying rates (based on the time taken to air dry 38 mm thick boards)
7.1.1
Rapid or fast (less than 3 months)
7.1.2
Moderately or fairly fast (3 – 4 months)
7.1.3
Moderately or fairly slow (4-6 months)
7.1.4
Slow (6 – 8 months)
7.1.5
Very slow (more than 8 months)
7.2
Movement in service (tangential movement)
7.2.1
Type I (less than 1.5%)
7.2.2
Type II (1.5 – 2%)
7.2.3
Type III (2.1 – 2.5%)
7.2.4
Type IV (2.6 – 3%)
7.2.5
Type V (more than 3.1%)
7.3
Shrinkage (percentage shrinkage of tangential boards)
7.3.1
Very high (more than 4%)
7.3.2
High (2.5 – 4%)
7.3.3
Average (1.5 – 2.5%)
7.3.4
Low (less than 1.5%)
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