Grading - Character


Character Grade Timber has the following characteristics on the exposed surface

Feature Permissible Feature
Tight knots Not exceeding 50mm or 3/8 of the surface on which it occurs
Loose knots As for holes
Holes Pin hole unlimited

Other than pinhole, largest dimension

Not exceeding 3mm
- 20 in any 100x100 area
- 30 in any 300x300 area

Exceeding 3mm and not exceeding 10mm 3 per 1m of board length

Exceeding 10mm, not permitted

Slope of grain Not exceeding 1 in 8
Tight gum veins Quarter sawn: surface width measured across feature, not exceeding 5mm

Backsawn:
- Extent across face unlimited
- Depth not exceeding 2mm

Loose gum veins Not one surface to another

Not intersecting an end

Surface width measured across the feature, not exceeding 3mm

Agg. length not exceeding 1/5 of the length of the piece

Gum pockets, latex pockets and overgrowth injury Not one surface to another

Surface width measured across the feature, not exceeding 15mm

Length not exceeding 75mm

Depth not exceeding 2mm when backsawn

Knot checks Width not exceeding 3mm
Checks other then internal Width not exceeding 2mm
Stain
- Natural Discolouration
- Other discolouration inc. sticker marks
Unlimited

Not permitted

Black speck Unlimited


**Excerpt taken from AS2796-2 Grading specification.