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Jan 52 min read
Murray's Mac Musings - Christmas Time
Murray Grant -Founder and Director of MacDirect Another year goes by and MacDirect are loaded with plantation logs that will keep us busy...


Aug 27, 20243 min read
Understanding the MacDirect Mac Timber Grades
Grading timber to New Zealand standards is a fine art, let alone grading macrocarpa cypress timbers. A lot has changed in our business...


Aug 23, 20242 min read
Murray's Musings - Historical use of Cypress Macrocarpa
Many in NZ think Cypress (macrocarpa/lusitanica) has only recently been extensively used in NZ building. Macrocarpa (mac) has actually...


Jul 18, 20243 min read
Grading Macrocarpa Cypress Weatherboard
We get asked all the time to share how we grade mac building grade timber. In part because there are some significant differences to...


Jun 19, 20242 min read
My Time working with Macrocarpa Cypress Timbers
An Intro from me: Scott Kelso, GM MacDirect Inspired by Murray's musings, I thought I would share a little bit about me and my time with...


Jun 19, 20242 min read
Murray’s Macrocarpa Musings
Just a quick introduction...... Getting into sawmilling in 1993 I saw the market for a well graded consistent supply of macrocarpa...
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