Cypress Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis nootatensis.
Description: Medium sized softwood distributed along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Oregon, USA. The heartwood is a pale yellow. Sapwood is similar to the heartwood. Straight grained with a fine, even texture. Growth rings are not prominent and they are very close together.
Usage: High class joinery, furniture, cabinet work, applications where its acid resistant properties are important - vats,etc. and decorative veneers.
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Damar Minyak Botanical Name: Agathis borneensis.
Description: Located throughout Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The heartwood is cream to buff yellow, sometime with a slight pink tinge. The timber matures to a light golden brown. The sapwood is indistinguishable from the heartwood. The grain is straight and the texture very fine and even. Growth rings may be faintly discernible.
Usage: Furniture, paneling, decorative veneers, pattern making. |
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European Beech Botanical Name: Fagus sylvatica.
Description: Mainly the European mainland but also in the U.K. and parts of West Asia. European beech is straight grained with a fine, even texture.
Usage: Cabinetwork, high class joinery, furniture, laminated boards. Chair making, tool handles, turnery, flooring, plywood and veneers. |
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Flooded Gum Botanical Name: Eucalyptus grandis.
Description: Limited to the Central East Coast of New South Wales to North Queensland. It grows tall, straight and narrow with a clean bole up to three quarters of its total height. A moderately coarse but even texture with a straight grain. Can be almost featureless.
Usage: Furniture, flooring, paneling, cabinet work and light construction. |
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French Oak Botanical Name: Quercus petraea.
Description: Medium sized hardwoods distributed throughout the Central and Western Europe and into Russian Siberia. Grain is straight with a coarse and uneven texture. Silver grain figure appears on quartered surfaces due to broad rays. Sometimes Oak logs are recovered from bogs and the timber recovered is called “Bog Oak” Whilst retaining the properties of conventional Oak it has a rich, deep brown color much prized for cabinet work.
Usage: The principal timber for vats and barrels for beer, wine and brandy. European Oak is best for furniture and cabinet making. UK Oak is preferred for sea defence, wharfage, outdoor furniture and exterior joinery. Widely used in Europe for church furniture and carving. Flooring and turnery. Produces very attractive veneers. |
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G species for furniture are not available.
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Hoop Pine Botanical Name: Araucaria cunninghamii.
Description: Hoop Pine is found in rainforests stretching from Northern New South Wales to Northern Queensland. It also occurs in mountain regions of Papua New Guinea.Fine and close grained with a straight grain. Growth rings are relatively inconspicuous. Fine knots may be present in some material and these do not machine as well as Pine species knots and care must be taken.
Usage: Cabinet work, furniture, turnery, linings, panelling and box making. Hoop Pine is available in veneer. |
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Iroko Botanical Name: Chlorophora excelsa.
Description: A large hardwood of East and West Africa. Interlocked grain, texture coarse but even.
Usage: Furniture, cabinet work, carving, panelling and decorative veneers.
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Jarrah Botanical Name: Eucalyptus marginata.
Description: Indigenous to the South Western corner of Western Australia. A large hardwood produces a fairly well formed bole and relatively compact, yet open crown. The grain is straight and often slightly interlocked which can present a fiddleback appearance. Flat sawn surfaces may have boat shaped flecks which enhance its decorative appearance. Texture is coarse but even.
Usage: Highly prized as a furniture timber. It is used for flooring, panelling, joinery, decking, and marine work. Available as a veneer. |
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Kapur Botanical Name: Dryobalanops aromatica.
Description: A large hardwood distributed throughout Malaysia and Indonesia. Normally straight grained but occasionally interlocked. Boards may have whitish resin filled gum ducts in concentric rings. The resin smells of camphor but does not have the properties of true camphor as found in camphor laurel.
Usage: Heavy construction, wharfage above water, exterior joinery, flooring, staircase, plywood, furniture (mainly outdoor) and veneer. |
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Karri Botanical Name: Eucalyptus diversicolor.
Description: Limited to the South Western corner of Western Australia. One of the tallest of the Australian hardwoods it can attain 85m (280ft) with diameters up to 3.3m(11ft). The grain is often interlocked with some wavy feature and a somewhat coarse but even texture. A very strong and heavy timber.
Usage: Flooring, furniture, decking, marine construction, structural applications and panelling. It is available as a veneer. |
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