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Custom Made Australian Hardwood Furniture
Spotted Gum, River Red Gum, Jarrah, Blackwood, Tasmanian Oak, Brushbox, Camphor Laurel,
Sydney Blue Gum and more....
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| Timber information list |
The development of an ecological sustainable Australian timber industry is necessary to ensure timber resources are available for future needs. This is why naturally Timber only use reclaimed, naturally felled or plantation grown Australian hardwoods and softwoods.
These are a few of our most commonly used timbers. However, we are able to source a large range of other timbers for your specific requirements. |
Oregon, Blue Douglas fir
Botanical Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii
Colour : Light yellow to medium brown
Features: The Douglas Fir is native to Eastern America and one of the most important commercial softwoods grown. In Australia, it is plantation grown and used mainly for structural framework, flooring and cabinetry
Characteristics: Various knotholes, nail, and putty marks are characteristic of this recycled softwood and ideal for those who require a rustic look to their furniture |
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Tasmanian Oak, Mountain Ash
Botanical name: Eucalyptus Delegatensis
Colour: Light in colour, varying from cream to light brown with shades of pink
Features: Tasmanian Oak is the name used for three almost identical species of eucalypt hardwoods. It is used in all forms of construction and is a popular furniture timber
Characteristics: It works extremely well and produces an excellent finish. It is recognised for it’s excellent staining qualities, which allow ready colour matching with other timbers, finishes or furnishings |
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Blackwood
Botanical name: Acacia Melanoxylon
Colour: Colours range from light golden brown to deep brown, sometimes with a reddish tint and streaks of black
Features: Blackwood is a member of the Wattle family and a hardwood found mostly in Tasmania’s native wetlands. It has been used in furniture making since the days of the settler English craftsmen and is believed to be one of the finest furniture timbers in the world
Characteristics: Blackwood is highly resilient, yet easy to work with. It has an attractive variable grain pattern and can be worked to a smooth lustrous finish. |
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River Red Gum
Botanical Name: Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Dehnh
Colour: Pinkish red to Deeper red tones
Features: River Red Gum is the most widespread eucalypt in the country, found mostly along the rivers and streams of the Murray Darling basin. Its heavy durability and high resistance to termites made it a popular resource for the early European settlers for railway sleepers, wharves and mine shafts. Today a lot of it is reclaimed and recycled.
Characteristics: River Red Gum is difficult to work with due to its hardness and interlocking grain , but the benefit to any consumer is that any furniture piece made from this timber will not only have a beautiful and lustrous finish, but will be enjoyed for generations to come. |
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Jarrah
Botanical Name: Eucalyptus Marginata
Colour: Dark Red to Dark Brown
Features: Jarrah is unique to Western Australia. It is probably one of our best-known and highly regarded timbers. It is hardness, resistance to fire and termites have seen it being exported internationally for construction and structural work.
Characteristics: Jarrah is one of the hardest timbers available. It is extremely strong and hard wearing with a course texture that finishes well to deep rich colour. |
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Tasmanian Blue Gum, Blue Gum
Botanical Name: Eucalyptus Globulus
Colour: Pale straw with pink tones to brown with blue/green tones
Features: Tasmanian Blue Gum is found mainly in South Eastern Australia and is one of the world’s most widely planted eucalypt. It is used for bridge construction and railway sleepers and oils extracted from its gum leaves are exported for use in medicines and varnishes
Characteristics: Blue Gum has a variable grain structure with a predominant wavy grain and fiddle back features. We tend to use mainly Sydney Blue Gum, which tends towards the lighter straw colour with pinkish tones as shown in the right. |
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Spotted Gum, Lemon scented eucalypt
Botanical Name: Corymbia Maculata
Colour: Quite varied from light honey to dark brown with grey tones
and sometimes purple streaks
Features: Spotted Gum is used in heavy structural applications due to it being one of the hardest timbers in the world. Also used to take high impact forces such as tool handles.
Characteristics: Spotted Gum has an attractive well pronounced grain, sometimes with a fiddleback pattern and gum veins |
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American Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglans Nigra
Colour: Dark brown to purplish black
Features: Black Walnut is widely distributed throughout central and eastern USA. The tree has been heavily logged in the past and used for furniture and gun stocks. Now it is used primarily for decorative veneers but still sought after for fine furniture making.
Characteristics: This timber is moderately hard with a course texture that's is easily worked. It is usually fine grained and finishes well, taking an excellent polish |
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European Beech
Botanical Name:Fagus Sylvatica
Colour:Ranges from brawn with golden hues to light cream with a slight pink tint
Features: European Beech is the only large and strong shade bearing tree native to Britain. It is one of the best known and useful commercial timbers in the world and is used as veneer in musical instruments and decorative detailing and in flooring and furniture making.
Characteristics: Beech is straight grained with a fine and even texture. Despite being a hard and strong wood, it is relatively easy to work with, excellent for steam bending and when seasoned, is harder than Oak.
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Brush Box (recycled)
Botanical Name:Tristiana Conferta
Colour: Pinkish grey to rich reddish brown. Recycled Brush box tends to be deeper and richer in colour
Features: Brush box is a large hardwood tree found from the central coast of NSW to Bowen, QLD. Recycled Brush box is sourced mainly from old wharves and railway carts and sleepers.
Characteristics: Brush box's durability is partly due to the fact it contains silicate within it's cells, making it particularly weather and decay resistant. Recycled Brush box will vary in it's colour and finish depending on it's exposure and age and is an excellent choice of timber for any furniture that may also be used outdoors. |
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