Our Timbers

	Huon pine \| Lagarostrobos franklinii (formerly Dacrydium franklinii), Is the prince of Tasmanian timbers and one of the earliest trees to evolve in Tasmania. Its richness of colour and figure make it one of the workld's most desirable furniture and veneering timbers, it has been used in ship-building in Tasmania since 1815s.
	Celery Top Pine \| Phyllcocladus aspleniifolius One of the best known of Tasmania's native conifers.The timber is a pale straw colour when freshly cut and darkens to a pleasing gold with age. It is hard, strong and dense and has no odour or taste. Relatively heavy for a pine. Its uses includes Boat building, joinery, bench tops, flooring, outdoor and indoor furniture, kitchen cupboards and wall panelling. It is suitable for turning especially for spindle work.
	Blackwood \| Acacia melanoxylon (Black Wattle) This is a stunning timber radiating a subtle beauty with colours ranging from light golden brown to deep brown (sometimes with a reddish tint) and showing occasional black streaks. The grain can be straight or wavy with a natural lustre. The timber is easily worked, stable and long lasting and has recently been used in high quality veneers and lamination. Blackwood is understandably extremely popular with designers, for joinery, cabinet making and feature paneling as a statement of style and quality.
	Blackwood Fiddleback \| Acacia melanoxylon (Black Wattle) Known for its unique and striking grain, which occurs only in select trees, giving the wood a quilting effect reminiscent of gathered silk. Fiddleback is highly sought after by woodworkers for furniture, craft and musical instruments and is a very rare timber.
	Tasmanian Oak \| Eucalyptus delegatensis,E.obliqua and E.regnans (Australian Ash) Tasmanian Oak is a warm, dense and resilient hardwood, light in colour with variations through pale cream, straw and pinks through to reddish brown. Tasmanian Oak is the tallest flowering plant in the world; can be up to 100 metres in height. It usually has a straight, even and open grain with a uniform and smooth texture and visible growth rings.It is easily worked, producing a superb finish and is used in all forms of construction, e.g.. scantlings, paneling, flooring, glue-lamination (for large spans) and also for fine furniture.
	Myrtle \| Nothofagus cunninghamii, Rich red, red brown, and almost orange tones in much of the wood. It can have a blackheart stain producing a figure known as "tiger Myrtle". Myrtle is a medium size hardwood (30-40 metres) of eastern Victoria and Tasmania. The timber is prized for furniture, wood turning and panelling as it works well and takes a fine polish.
	Sassafras \| Aherosperma moschatum Other common names: Tasmanian Sassafras, Southern Sassafras. Blackheart Sassafras is an understorey evergreen tree, it grows extremely well in the cool temperate rainforests of Tasmania. Southern Sassafras or Tasmanian Sassafras is not related to the Sassafras found on mainland Australia, it has distinctive qualities which include an oil that is highly aromatic smelling like cinnamon and the leaves have a sarsaparilla scent. The most spectacular is Blackheart Sassafras. The blackheart occurs in very few trees, it is an unusual viral fungus which usually affects the tree after storm damage or crown damage. The fungus causes streaks through the heartwood, ranging from light brown through to purple, green and black. No two pieces of Blackheart Sassafras are the same.
	Silver Wattle \| Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle is a striking light brown to subtle pink timber whose obvious growth rings create an appealing and attractive figure. Closely related to Blackwood, Silver Wattle provides a counterpoint to this widely used but darker species. Silver Wattle's lighter tones mean it is increasingly in demand for furniture. Its very distinct rings can create a striped pattern when backsawn that makes it a fine timber for furniture designers and manufacturers. Available in both solid and veneer, the wood is fairly tough. When planed and dressed, it produces a very smooth surface for furniture and polishes well.
	Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle \| Nothofagus Cunninghamii Tiger Myrtle is a specific type of timber from within the myrtle species, which grows in the rainforests of Tasmania. In some myrtles a black heart staining produces a figuring, which is known as tiger myrtle because of its striking lined effect reminiscent of the stripes of a tiger. Sometimes the figuring takes a more dotted form like the spots of a leopard. The figuring also goes from light to dark, creating the appearance of a landscape, which can be quite spectacular.
	Leatherwood \| Eucryphia Lucida The Leatherwood is endemic to Tasmania, Australian. Leatherwood is the single most important nectar plant in Tasmania accounting for about 70% of all honey produced. The heartwood is pink to brown with straight grain and a fine uniform texture. It seasons well without distortion. The wood glues, nails, bends and polishes well and is used extensively in furniture making. Commercially Leatherwood timber is used for furniture manufacturing and veneer, it is also used for pulpwood. Leatherwood has good bending properties and also produces beautiful burl wood, this wood is rare and is highly prized, as is Leatherwood Fiddleback.

	Huon pine \| Lagarostrobos franklinii (formerly Dacrydium franklinii), Is the prince of Tasmanian timbers and one of the earliest trees to evolve in Tasmania. Its richness of colour and figure make it one of the workld's most desirable furniture and veneering timbers, it has been used in ship-building in Tasmania since 1815s.
	Celery Top Pine \| Phyllcocladus aspleniifolius One of the best known of Tasmania's native conifers.The timber is a pale straw colour when freshly cut and darkens to a pleasing gold with age. It is hard, strong and dense and has no odour or taste. Relatively heavy for a pine. Its uses includes Boat building, joinery, bench tops, flooring, outdoor and indoor furniture, kitchen cupboards and wall panelling. It is suitable for turning especially for spindle work.
	Blackwood \| Acacia melanoxylon (Black Wattle) This is a stunning timber radiating a subtle beauty with colours ranging from light golden brown to deep brown (sometimes with a reddish tint) and showing occasional black streaks. The grain can be straight or wavy with a natural lustre. The timber is easily worked, stable and long lasting and has recently been used in high quality veneers and lamination. Blackwood is understandably extremely popular with designers, for joinery, cabinet making and feature paneling as a statement of style and quality.
	Blackwood Fiddleback \| Acacia melanoxylon (Black Wattle) Known for its unique and striking grain, which occurs only in select trees, giving the wood a quilting effect reminiscent of gathered silk. Fiddleback is highly sought after by woodworkers for furniture, craft and musical instruments and is a very rare timber.
	Tasmanian Oak \| Eucalyptus delegatensis,E.obliqua and E.regnans (Australian Ash) Tasmanian Oak is a warm, dense and resilient hardwood, light in colour with variations through pale cream, straw and pinks through to reddish brown. Tasmanian Oak is the tallest flowering plant in the world; can be up to 100 metres in height. It usually has a straight, even and open grain with a uniform and smooth texture and visible growth rings.It is easily worked, producing a superb finish and is used in all forms of construction, e.g.. scantlings, paneling, flooring, glue-lamination (for large spans) and also for fine furniture.
	Myrtle \| Nothofagus cunninghamii, Rich red, red brown, and almost orange tones in much of the wood. It can have a blackheart stain producing a figure known as "tiger Myrtle". Myrtle is a medium size hardwood (30-40 metres) of eastern Victoria and Tasmania. The timber is prized for furniture, wood turning and panelling as it works well and takes a fine polish.
	Sassafras \| Aherosperma moschatum Other common names: Tasmanian Sassafras, Southern Sassafras. Blackheart Sassafras is an understorey evergreen tree, it grows extremely well in the cool temperate rainforests of Tasmania. Southern Sassafras or Tasmanian Sassafras is not related to the Sassafras found on mainland Australia, it has distinctive qualities which include an oil that is highly aromatic smelling like cinnamon and the leaves have a sarsaparilla scent. The most spectacular is Blackheart Sassafras. The blackheart occurs in very few trees, it is an unusual viral fungus which usually affects the tree after storm damage or crown damage. The fungus causes streaks through the heartwood, ranging from light brown through to purple, green and black. No two pieces of Blackheart Sassafras are the same.
	Silver Wattle \| Acacia dealbata Silver Wattle is a striking light brown to subtle pink timber whose obvious growth rings create an appealing and attractive figure. Closely related to Blackwood, Silver Wattle provides a counterpoint to this widely used but darker species. Silver Wattle's lighter tones mean it is increasingly in demand for furniture. Its very distinct rings can create a striped pattern when backsawn that makes it a fine timber for furniture designers and manufacturers. Available in both solid and veneer, the wood is fairly tough. When planed and dressed, it produces a very smooth surface for furniture and polishes well.
	Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle \| Nothofagus Cunninghamii Tiger Myrtle is a specific type of timber from within the myrtle species, which grows in the rainforests of Tasmania. In some myrtles a black heart staining produces a figuring, which is known as tiger myrtle because of its striking lined effect reminiscent of the stripes of a tiger. Sometimes the figuring takes a more dotted form like the spots of a leopard. The figuring also goes from light to dark, creating the appearance of a landscape, which can be quite spectacular.
	Leatherwood \| Eucryphia Lucida The Leatherwood is endemic to Tasmania, Australian. Leatherwood is the single most important nectar plant in Tasmania accounting for about 70% of all honey produced. The heartwood is pink to brown with straight grain and a fine uniform texture. It seasons well without distortion. The wood glues, nails, bends and polishes well and is used extensively in furniture making. Commercially Leatherwood timber is used for furniture manufacturing and veneer, it is also used for pulpwood. Leatherwood has good bending properties and also produces beautiful burl wood, this wood is rare and is highly prized, as is Leatherwood Fiddleback.

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