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Blackheart Sassafras
| Sass-1
Medium Colour/Figure $130 |
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| Sass-2
Medium Figure $140 Sold |
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| Sass-3
Sold High Figure $180 |
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| Sass-4
Sold High figure downgraded due to defects in back set. Super glue should do the trick! $100 |
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Sassafras, Southern Atherosperma moschatum Labill.
1 A medium-sized hardwood of the high rainfall areas of Tasmania. 2 Heartwood various shades of brown. Sapwood white or greyish. Texture fine and even. Grain straight. Usually no pronounced figure. 3 GD about 700 kg/m3; ADD about 630 kg/m3. 4 Easy to dry. Shrinkage about 2.5 per cent radial, 6.5 per cent tangential. 5 Easy to work. Good for turnery and steam bending. 6 Heartwood not of sufficient durability for exterior use. Sapwood not susceptible to lyctid borer attack. 7 Provisionally S6, SD5. Some mechanical properties are listed on page 426. 8 Turnery, brush stocks, handles, textile bobbins, shoe heels, bungs for casks, carving. Because of its very low tannin content it is the best Australian species for clothes pegs. 9 Scarce.
Source: Wood in Australia by Keith Bootle, 1985