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Did the nail test on different pieces as I know there are different varieties of timber here.
The bearers, these were made use of the densest & hardest timber - nail didn't get in past 5mm.
Joists, some of these are as hard as the bearers, and nail penetration was the same 5mm. Others the 2" nail went in half way & stopped. The stuff that came from the roof the nail went in deeper before dying.
Oh, I am under no illusion how hard working this timber is. I've made several cutting boards and coffee tables from similar timbers that were rough sawn & it is a *******. Killed one belt sander with it. I am also considering the amount of work any project will require. A 2.5m long dinning table is one scary bugger! All the timber needs to be dressed/cleaned down at least two sides before laminating, and that's the easy part. And dinky thicknesses won't like it at all... A dining table will take a long time to produce. Nothing trivial for me.
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