Technical Data | Veneers

Description, Advantages and Applications : Use of species
| Introduction | History | Visual Range | Manufacture | Finishing |

The virtues of wood veneers have made them more popular than ever and they are utilised extensively in homes, offices, shops, public buildings and a multitude of other uses. As well as panels for walls and ceilings, wood veneered items include doors, cupboards, bookcases, cabinet units, shelving, furniture and shop fittings. Veneers can be hard, medium or soft and therefore adaptable to a range of applications.

Veneering also allows certain veneers to be seen and appreciated where expression of that wood is not practical in solid form. Rare and valuable timbers can also be maximised through the use of veneering. Wood veneers are chosen for their manufactured and natural durability as well as their functional beauty.

Veneers allow a range of individuality in finish and a continuity of product match and supply in the future. Wood veneers are easy to use, economical, apply to a range of uses and installations, and are simply beautiful.

Tasmanian Oak is a mixture of Eucalyptus delegatensis, E. obliqua and E. regnans. Its veneers are renowned for their even texture and ease of finishing. Tasmanian Oak is commonly broken down into four groups:

Eucalyptus delegatensis, known as Highland Oak, produces veneers often containing a natural feature called hobnail.
Eucalyptus obliqua forms the more richly coloured Stringybark veneer.
Tasmanian Ash is the lightest of the Tasmanian Oak veneers, ranging in colour from parchment to medium straw.
All three eucalypts are commonly known in combination as Tasmanian Oak, but most Tasmanian Oak veneer is sliced from Eucalyptus regnans.

Other Tasmanian species commonly used for veneering include Radiata Pine, Blackwood, Myrtle and Sassafras.

Advantages & Applications
Tasmanian Oak Eucalyptus Species
Radiata Pine Pinus radiata
Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon
Myrtle Nothofagus cunninghamii
Sassafras Atherosperma moschatum
Huon Pine Lagarostrobos franklinii
Celery Top Pine Phyllocladus aspleniifolius