Jarrah Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Jarrah Amount of Figure: Intermediate
Jarrah Amount of Natural Luster: Low
Jarrah Availability of Wood: Limited
Jarrah Available As Lumber: Yes
Jarrah Available as Veneer: Yes
Jarrah Available only in small sizes: No
Jarrah Bending Strength: Moderate
Jarrah Blunting of Tool Blades: Moderate
Jarrah Botanical Name: Eucalyptus marginata
Jarrah Carving: Average to somewhat difficult to carve
Jarrah Clear Finish or Varnish: Good
Jarrah Color of Wood: Red Brown
Jarrah Contrast between growth rings: Diffuse Porous
Jarrah Crushing Strength: High
Jarrah Decorative Figure: No
Jarrah Density: Very high
Jarrah Drilling: Fair or Satisfactory
Jarrah Fill before Finishing: Requires a filler
Jarrah Gluing: Good
Jarrah Grain: Mostly Straight
Jarrah Growth Ring Pattern Plainsawn: Faint growth ring
Jarrah Growth Ring Pattern Quartersawn: Conspicuous growth ring stripe, ribbon or flake pattern
Jarrah Hand Tooling: Difficult
Jarrah Hardness: Hard, difficult to dent
Jarrah Hardwood or Softwood: Hardwood
Jarrah Harmful Properties: Non Toxic
Jarrah Interlocked Grain: Yes
Jarrah Kiln-dried Shrinkage: Moderate
Jarrah Machine Tools: Somewhat Difficult
Jarrah Mortising: Fair or satisfactory
Jarrah Movement after drying: Moderate
Jarrah Nail Holding: Good- Nails are fairly difficult to pull out
Jarrah Nailing: Fair - may require pre-drilled pilot hole especially near ends
Jarrah Natural Durability: Very durable
Jarrah Number of Knots: Insufficient Data Available
Jarrah Painting: Insufficient Data Available
Jarrah Planing: Fair
Jarrah Polishing: Good
Jarrah Pounds per cubic foot maximum: 50
Jarrah Pounds per cubic foot minimum: 50
Jarrah Reacts with Iron Fasteners or Hardware: No
Jarrah Sanding: Good
Jarrah Sawing: High cutting resistance - Wood tends to bind or burn
Jarrah Screw Holding: Good - Fairly difficult to remove screws
Jarrah Screwing: Fair - May require pre-drilled pilot holes especially near ends
Jarrah Shaping: Fair or satisfactory
Jarrah Size of Knots: Insufficient Data Available
Jarrah Size of Pores: Large Pores - Open grain
Jarrah Specific Gravity: Extrememly high
Jarrah Specific Gravity maximum: .8
Jarrah Specific Gravity minimum: .8
Jarrah Staining: Insufficient Data Available
Jarrah Steam Bending: Satisfactory
Jarrah Stiffness: High
Jarrah Surface Preparation for Finishing: No
Jarrah Texture of the Wood: Moderately Coarse
Jarrah Toughness: Low
Jarrah Turning: Good
Jarrah Weight: Very heavy
Jarrah Wood Defects: Thick stock may check (or split), warp
Jarrah Work Notes: Hard mineral deposits require sharp or carbide tipped saw knives
Jarrah Use for Boxes, Crates or Pallets: no
Jarrah Use for Carving: no
Jarrah Use for Cooperage: no
Jarrah Use for Decorative Veneer: YES
Jarrah Use for Flooring: YES
Jarrah Use for Furniture: no
Jarrah Use for Handles: no
Jarrah Use for Heavy Construction: YES
Jarrah Use for Inlay: no
Jarrah Use for Interior Finish: no
Jarrah Use for Light Construction: no
Jarrah Use for Marine Applications: YES
Jarrah Use for Marquetry: no
Jarrah Use for Millwork: no
Jarrah Use for Models and Patterns: no
Jarrah Use for Musical Instruments: no
Jarrah Use for Novelties: no
Jarrah Use for Secondary Furniture Components: no
Jarrah Use for Shingles: no
Jarrah Use for Sports Equipment: no
Jarrah Use for Turnery: no
Jarrah Use for Woodenware: no