Oregon Pine
Durability: Durable
Colour: Medium
Sizes available: 50, 100 mm
| Trade Name: | Oregon |
| Botanical Species: | Pseudotsuga menziesi |
| Other Names: | Douglas Fir. |
| Country of Origin: | North America also Plantations in New Zealand |
| Air Dry Density: | 550kgs/m³ |
| Durability: | Durable |
| Strength: | 7 (on a scale from 1 – 10) |
| Seasoning: | ||
| • | Relatively easy to dry but the tangential surface is prone to surface checking. | |
| • | End splitting is likely if drying is too rapid. | |
| Characteristics: | ||
| • | Heartwood is a pale pinkish brown and the sapwood is almost white. | |
| • | The wood is typically straight grained with a fine even texture but varying in density according to the locality of growth. | |
| Working Qualities: | ||
| • | Care is needed in dressing because the softer early wood may be compressed and later, on recovery, produce a ridged surface. This characteristic makes it unsuitable for steam bending. | |
| • | Inclined to split when nailed near ends of piece. Resin content can be high, causing occasional bleed-through of paint films. | |
| Uses: | ||
| • | General timber for internal framing, interior joinery, boat building, sarking. | |
| Product Attributes: | ||
| • | Consistent colour. | |
| • | Machines and turns well. | |
| • | Quarter sawn boards available. | |
| • | Good lengths available. | |
| • | Very stable in use. | |
| • | Veneers available. | |
| Product Limitations: | ||
