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Timber Grades
From Victorian eucalypt species Victorian Ash, emanates Select, Standard and Natural Feature grade Hardwoods

Select grade timber
Select Grade Select grade, quarter sawn material is the most commonly sought timber.

Timber grading

Natural feature timber
Natural Feature Grade
Victoria's forests are often subject to extreme climatic conditions - droughts, bush fires, floods, wild storms; these NATURAL events are captured forever in Natural Feature hardwood timber
Timber grading

Standard grade timber
Standard Grade
Standard grade is a lightly featured timber, often sought for applications requiring added character.

Timber grading

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The Resource
Black Forest Timbers harvests environmentally friendly, sustainable hardwood timber.

 

The Species

  • Victorian Ash which consists of two similar hardwood species
    • Eucalyptus regnans
    • Eucalyptus delegatensis

 

The Manufacturing Process

  • Hardwood sawlogs are stored in log yard under sprinklers prior to processing
  • Logs quarter-sawn
    • Timber is stable
    • Consistent, attractive grain
  • Timber racked into packs and protected from weather
  • Kiln dried
    • Sawdust driven boiler generates steam for kilns that gently lower moisture content in product
    • Computers monitor kiln-drying schedules so that moisture content of timber can be guaranteed, ensuring a stable, fit for purpose product
    • Boards dried to between 10-12% Moisture Content (MC) or as per customer specification and reconditioned
  • Reconditioned
    • All boards are reconditioned
  • Planed to required thickness
  • Lasers used to pin point sizing for precision of cutting of timber, reducing waste and improving efficiency and quality control
  • Automated Dockers - dock timber for defect and maximise recovery
  • End matchers - tongue and groove profiles on the end of strip floorboards to reduce waste
  • Moulders - produce endless array of shapes to suit clients requirements
  • Visually graded timber by skilled employees
  • Timber certified, wrapped in plastic, labelled and stored undercover

 

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Sales representative: Mrs Cynthia Sherwell
General Manager: Mrs Diane Tregoning

Black Forest Timbers - Manufacturers of Kiln Dried Black Forest Ash (Victorian Ash) Strip Flooring, Furniture and Joinery Timbers, and F17 Structural Timbers.

988 Black Forest Drive
Woodend Victoria 3442
Australia

P: +61.3 5427 2240
F: +61.3 5427 1044
E: cynthia@blackforesttimbers.com.au

Operating Hours:
General Office
08:00am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday

Contact Us

Victoria Ash Tree Trunk
Hardwood Resource
Stacking Logs
Hardwood sawlogs
Quarter Sawing
Logs quartersawn
Kiln Drying
Timber racked and stacked
Kiln Drying
Kiln Dried
Shaping
Planed
Docking
Laser Cut
Wrapping
Wrapped, labelled
Wrapping
Stored

 

 

988 Black Forest Drive
Woodend, Victoria, 3442


p. +61.3 5427 2240
f. +61.3 5427 1044

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