Timbers
List of Timbers generally Stocked for engraving
This list is not for ordering, but simply to view timberswe stock for making engraved products
For actual engraved products see
- Timber signs
- Timber boxes with glasses
- Timber picture frames
- Timber coasters
- Timber jigsaws
- Timber chopsticks
Products which use timbers have lists of timbers available, these are selected as part of product order. You will find not all timbers can be used for all products.
European Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
tablets and thin slices of Beech were probably the earliest European books within our present memory. Good for laser engraving. used for boxes particularly for engraved glasses.
Celery Top Pine (Phyllcocladus aspleniifolius )
Phyllcocladus aspleniifolius
One of the best known of Tasmania's native conifers. Medium-sized, commonly 20-30m tall and .5-.9m in diameter. The stem is usually well-formed even when growing on very poor soils. Lower branches are usually horizontal and occur in whorls. Laser engraved for signs and award plaques.Wattle-Blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon )
is an extraordinarily beautiful timber that is highly regarded by fine cabinet makers. Engraved for boxes, desk signs, bar signs, and picture frames
Black Walnut ( Juglans nigra L )
The wood has a fine even texture and a rather coarse grain Fine detail engraves with laser.
Radiata pine (Pinus radiata)
Radiata pine ideal for engraving interior signs, it is one to the world's most versatile softwoods. It is called a softwood tree because the wood does not have pores like hardwood trees do, but it has long fibres or tracheids.
Treated Radiata pine (Pinus radiata)
Engraved Treated Radiata pine ideal for exterior signs, it is one to the world's most versatile softwoods. Treated for exterior use. It is called a softwood tree because the wood does not have pores like hardwood trees do, but it has long fibres or tracheids.
Tasmanian Ash Oak (Eucalyptus regnans, E. elegatensis, E. obliqua)
Tree trunks are free of branches to a considerable height. Timber is good for laser cut and engraved boxes for wedding glasses.
Silky Oak (Cardwellia sublimis)
The trunk, usually without buttresses, is normally straight. Well know for fleck effect in quarter cut. Desk signs and timber engraved boxes are made with silky oak.
Brush Box ( Lophostemon confertus )
often seen in feature flooring due to colour contrast. Has a natural wax feel in unfinished timber. engraved boxes are a great look.
Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
While the timber is useful for heavy construction, flooring, framing and fencing, the species often suffers from form problems, making utilisable logs hard to produce. laser engraved exterior signs, and timber boxes all show up great detail.
Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata)
Jarrah is rated Class 2 durability (on a scale of 4) meaning that the timber possesses a high natural resistance to decay, termite and borer attack and can be expected to give long service life under all normal conditions including ground contact.
Ironbark grey ( Eucalyptus paniculata )
Ironbark grey high density timber
lighter than Red gum or Jarrah
engraving shows well on light background