Natural Edge Timber Slabs

Timber slabs, each unique in character, are available in both freeform and straight shapes and are suitable for the following applications: 

ACACIA CEDAR                     Paraserianthes toona
Several colour and feature variations of this timber are available. The heartwood is dark red with some yellow streaks on the surface causing a striated pattern. The sapwood is white in colour.  The grain is coarse, large pored with pronounced lines and an occasional curly grain. Alternatively the red heartwood and the white sapwood create a swirling pattern. Machines and turns well to a smooth surface. May be used for furniture, cabinet making and joinery.  F7 F8 F11 F14 /  H3 /  D3

BLACK WATTLE Acacia aulacocarpa
The heartwood varies from light brown to chestnut often streaked with darker markings and bordered with creamy white sapwood. The texture is medium to coarse with a straight grain and lustrous texture. Relatively easy to machine and turns to a smooth finish. May be used for decorative purposes including kitchens, furniture, shop and office fixtures, joinery and turning. F7 F8 F11 F14  /  H3  /  D3

 

CALOPHYLLUM                                                       Calophylum spp
The heartwood varies from pink red to red brown. The sapwood is pale brown in colour. The texture is coarse open and uneven. The grain is interlocked, wavy or irregular producing a streaky, ribbon or zigzag figure. Calophylum machines and finishes well. May be used for cabinetwork, joinery, panelling and turnery. F7 F8 F11 F14 / H4 / D4

 

AFRICAN MAHOGANY                                                Khaya spp
The heartwood is reddish, pinkish, salmon coloured or yellowish when fresh deepening with age to a rich red brown. The sapwood is whitish to yellowish in colour. The texture ranges from fine to coarse with a high golden lustre. The grain is both wavy and curly with an attractive figure. Fijian Mahogany is easy to work, finish and excellent to polish.   May be used for fine furniture, cabinet making, musical instruments, turnery and carving.                H3 / D3

 

MAPLE SILKWOOD                                                 Flindersia pimenteliana
The heartwood is pinkish in colour with a white to pale grey sapwood. The grain pattern is variable being wavy, curly and interlocked. The timber machines and turns well to a smooth surface.   May be used for furniture, shop and office fittings, joinery, carving, turnery and musical instruments.   F7 F8 F11 F14 / H4 / D4

 

NORTHERN SILKY OAK                                        Cardwellia sublimis
The heartwood is pale pink to brown in colour with white sapwood. The grain is straight, moderately coarse textured and variable with the broad ray figure on the quarter-sawn surfaces. The timber machines and turns well to a smooth surface.   May be used for furniture, joinery, shop and office fittings, turnery, carving and inlay work.   F5 F7 F8 F11 / H5 / D3

 

QUEENSLAND MAPLE                                            Flindersia brayleyana
The heartwood is pink to brownish pink in colour with a lustrous sheen. The sapwood is coloured white to pale grey. The texture is medium and uniform. The grain pattern is very variable being interlocked, wavy or curly often with fiddle back, water wave or birds-eye features. The timber machines and turns well to a smooth surface. May be used for furniture, shop and office fittings, joinery, carving, turnery and musical instruments. F7 F8 F11 F14 / H4 / D4

 

Queensland Walnut               Endiandra palmerstoni
The heartwood is usually brown in colour with streaks of chocolate brown to black in longitudinal stripes.  The sapwood is pale yellow. The texture is uniform. The grain is moderately close and even, although it can be wavy which results in a wide variety of figured effects. The timber can be abrasive to machinery due to the presence of silica. May be used for musical instruments, furniture, shop and office fixtures and turnery. F8 F11 F14 F17 / H3 / D4

 

RAINTREE                                                      Samanea saman
The heartwood is brown to dark brown in colour with a yellow to cream coloured sapwood. The texture is medium to coarse with large pores. The grain pattern is often wavy and curly and can be cross-grained.   May be used for furniture, panelling and veneer.      H5 / D5

 

RED CEDAR                                                               Toona australis
The heartwood ranges in colour from red to a deep red-brown with a pale pink or yellow sapwood, which is always distinctive from the heartwood. The texture is coarse with an open grain pattern that is usually straight. The occasional presence of a wavy interlocked grain can produce an attractive fiddle back feature. Growth rings are obvious in the natural edge slabs. May be used for furniture, joinery and turnery. F4 F5 F7 F8 / H6 / D2

 

RED MAHOGANY                                                       Eucalyptus resinifera
The heartwood ranges in colour from red to dark red with a paler sapwood. The timber generally has an even grain, which can be interlocked producing an attractive figure. The texture is uniform and often contains tight gum vein.   The timber machines well and may be used for outdoor furniture, bar tops and turnery.   F14 F17 F22 F27 / H1 / D2

 

ROSEGUM Eucalyptus grandis
The heartwood ranges in colour from pale pink to red brown with the sapwood usually light brown but not clearly differentiated from the heartwood. Timber is moderately coarse textured with a predominantly straight grain or slightly interlocked pattern. Machines and turns well to a smooth surface. May be used for indoor and outdoor furniture, joinery, carving and turnery. F11 F14 F17 F22 / H3 / D3

 

WEST INDIAN CEDAR                                  Cedrela odorata
The heartwood is pinkish to reddish- brown in colour and has prominent growth rings. The timber can be described as an attractive wood with a soft, fine and even texture and straight grain. Lustrous in appearance, it has a pleasant ‘cedary’ odour and insect repelling resin. May be used for fine furniture, cabinet making, musical instruments, turnery and carving. H5 / D5

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