Handbook of Some Sarawak TimbersGeneral information on the characteristics and properties of some Sarawak timbers. |
Contents
ALAN BATU Shorea albida | 1 |
BARU Pentace spp | 7 |
BINDANG Agathis borneensis | 13 |
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25mm BOARD AIR-DRY STATIC BENDING ATTACK BY Powder BOTANICAL NAME CLASSIFICATION OF TIMBER COMPRESSION PARALLEL DENSITY kg/m³ Difficult NAILING Excellent Difficult Very Difficult DIPTEROCARPACEAE DRYING AIR-DRYING Durable Easy Moderately Durable Very Durable EASE OF DRYING Easy Fairly Easy Easy Moderately Difficult Easy Moderately Easy Easy Non-Durable SUSCEPTIBLE Easy Slightly Difficult Excellent Good Moderately FABACEAE Fairly Easy Moderately FFPRI Optimum Drying GRAIN MPa GREEN AIR-DRY STATIC GREEN TO 12 HARDWOOD ANATOMY PORES Heartwood joinery KILN SCHEDULE PRL MERANTI Moderately Difficult Difficult Moderately Durable Durable Moderately Easy Slightly Moderately Good Slightly MOE MPa Optimum Drying Schedule PARALLEL TO GRAIN PLANNING BORING TURNING plywood Poor Slightly Poor Poor Very poor Powder Post Beetle PRESERVATION NATURAL DURABILITY RECOMMENDED KILN SCHEDULE RIPPLE MARKS absent Sapwood Sarawak SHEAR PARALLEL MPa short lines bridging SHRINKAGE FROM GREEN Slightly Difficult Difficult Slightly Poor Poor STATIC BENDING MOR STRENGTH GROUPING STRENGTH PROPERTIES GREEN Termite TREATABILITY Very Easy Tyloses utility furniture