RADIATA PINE

Description

Great product, any grade available at very reasonable price.

GRADING RULES

Lengths: 3.9m 5.2m 6.0m (2.6m TBC)
Tolerances: 0cm and *5cm
Diameters: Minimum SED *0cm Maximum LED *0cm
Average SED *6cm
Knots: Maximum *2cm (hard knot measured lengthways not crossways)
Cut Face: Maximum *0cm
Knots Limit: No more than 3 whorls per 2m of log and no less than *0cm of internode
between each whorl. Each whorl to have no more than four 7cm or larger knots.
Spike Knots: *0 cm.
Frequency: Maximum of 4 per 6m length.
Sweep: Maximum SED/2 for logs greater than 6.1m
Maximum SED/5 for logs less than 6.1m
Sap Stain: None at the date of log manufacture.

Wobble: Up to 5cm wobble is permitted.
Roundness: Largest diameter must not exceed 1.5 times the shortest.
Pith: No restriction
Fluting: *0cm
Bark Damage: Bark damage resulting in decay or a catface is not permitted
Defects: Sound Dead: None
Scars: 3cm
Rot: None
Draw wood: None
Splits: None
Machine Damage: 3cm
Scarf Faces: None
Slabbing: *0cm maximum
Nodal Swelling: 5cm



K GRADE
Lengths: Refer to Cutting Strategy
Tolerances: 0cm + 5cm
Diameters: Minimum SED *0cm Maximum LED *5cm
Average SED *6cm
Knot Size: *2cm Maximum
Frequency: No more than 3 whorls per 2m of log and no less than *0cm of internode
between each whorl. Each whorls to have no more than four 7cm or larger
knots. No basket whorls.
Spike Knots: *0cm maximum
Frequency: Maximum of 4 per 6.0m length
Sweep: Maximum SED/4 for logs less than 6.1m
Maximum SED/2 for logs greater than 6.1m
Sap Stain: None at the date of log manufacture.
Wobble: Maximum 5cm deviation from the centreline
Kink: Not permitted
Roundness: Longest diameter must not exceed 1.5 times the shortest
Pith: No restriction
Fluting: No restriction
Bark Damage: Bark damage resulting in decay or a catface is not permitted
Defects: Sound Dead: None
Scars: Maximum depth 1/8th of diameter
Rot: None
Draw wood: *0cm maximum
Splits: *0cm maximum
Machine Damage: Maximum 1/*0 diameter up to 3cm.
Slabbing: *0cm maximum
Nodal Swelling: 1/4 log diameter up to 5cm maximum