ROSEWOOD Pterocarpus indicus 

USES

Flooring; strip and parquet, staircase materials. Exterior joinery; including screening, gazebos, pergolas. Furniture; high quality furniture and cabinet work. Boat building; including structural and internal fit-outs. Speciality; including musical instruments, gun stocks, rifle butts, knife handles, turnery, sliced veneer.

● One of the finest furniture and cabinet woods on world markets due to its excellent working and finishing properties as well as its low shrinkage and stability in-service.

● Produces a beautifully figured wood enhanced by the presence of 'ripple-marks' and its ring-porous wood structure. The timber varies in colour from yellowish-brown to golden-brown through to redbrown or sometimes a blood red colour. The grain is usually interlocked but not severely so; sometimes wavy. Produces a ribbon or banded figure on quarter-sawn faces and a cathedral-like figure on back-sawn faces. It has a pleasant, persistent, fragrant odour.

● The timber seasons readily and well. It is a remarkably stable timber with very low shrinkage and very little movement when in service.

● Suitable for high quality furniture and cabinet work. Also suitable for flooring, finely turned articles, gun stocks, rifle butts and decorative sliced veneer. It has good acoustic and tonal qualities, making it suitable for musical instruments.

P RO P E R T I E S

Density 525-625 kg/m3 @ 12% m.c Colour Golden-brown, yellow-brown, red-brown to blood red. Texture Moderately coarse and uneven. Grain Usually interlocked; sometimes wavy. Figure Highly decorative. Durability Highly durable. Permeability Resistant to pressure impregnation. Lyctid susceptibility Susceptible.

WO R K A B I L I T Y

General Excellent all round characteristics. Sawing Readily sawn. Planing Excellent; some care required where grain irregularities occur. Blunting Low. Boring Excellent characteristics. Turning Excellent characteristics. Nailing Nails well. Gluing Glues well with all adhesives. Finishing Excellent; sands to a very fine finish and produces a high polish with golden lustre.

M E C H A N I C A L P R O P E R T I E S

Strength SD4 (denser/redder timbers). SD5 (lighter, pale coloured timbers). Structural Grade F22 (denser/redder timbers). F17 (lighter, pale coloured timbers). Toughness (Izod) 10J (seasoned), 13J (unseasoned). Hardness (Janka) 4.7kN (seasoned), 4.2kN (unseasoned). Max. Crushing Strength 58MPa (seasoned), 38MPa (unseasoned). Modulus of Elasticity 12GPa (seasoned), 10GPa (unseasoned). Modulus of Rupture 95MPa (seasoned), 74MPa (unseasoned).

S E A S O N I N G

General Excellent drying properties. The denser (redder) timbers take longer to dry than the pale-coloured yellowish timbers. Movement Very low. Shrinkage Very low.