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Sapele wood lumber is used in the construction of fine furniture and cabinetwork, decorative veneers, plywood, joinery, flooring and paneling.
Sapele wood (sometimes spelled Sapelle or Sapelli) is quite popular for flooring, and stock with a ribbon grain is typically pulled at a premium for decorative finishes.Sapele wood is a medium to dark reddish brown or purplish brown.
Species information
Scientific Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum
OTHER NAMES:Sapele Mahogany, Sapelle, Sapelli, Sapelii
ORIGIN:Africa, ranging from the Ivory Coast to the Cameroons and eastward through Zaire to Uganda
APPEARANCE:Heartwood a medium to fairly dark reddish brown or purplish brown; sapwood whitish or pale yellow, distinct. Texture rather fine; grain interlocked, sometimes wavy, producing a narrow, uniform, roe figure on quartered surfaces; lustrous with a Cedar-like scent
DENSITY: Janka scale hardness is 1, 500 for dry material
WEIGHT: 42 lbs. / cu. ft., or approximately 3.5 lbs. per board foot
DRYING: Dries fairly rapidly but with a marked tendency to warp, very variable in drying properties, requires careful stacking
WORKABILITY: Works fairly well with hand and machine tools, tends to tear interlocked grain in planing, saws easily, good gluing and nailing properties, satisfactory peeling and slicing
DURABILITY: Heartwood is moderately durable, resistance to termite attack variable. Sapwood liable to powder-post beetle attack
African Padauk wood lumber is used in fine joinery, fancy turnery, carvings, flooring, decorative veneer, tool and knife handles. Padauk wood may sometimes be confused with Rosewood but it is coarser and less decorative in figure.
APPEARANCE: Heartwood vivid red when freshly cut darkening to a purple brown on exposure; sapwood 4 to 8 in. wide, whitish to brown yellow, distinct. Texture coarse; grain straight to interlocked; lustrous; faint aromatic scent when freshly cut
DENSITY: Janka scale hardness is 1, 630 for dry material
WEIGHT: 51 lbs. / cu. ft., or approximately 4.25 lbs. per board foot
DRYING: Dries very well with a minimum of degrade
WORKABILITY: Saws well but requires slow feed, easy to machine but with some tearing of interlocked grain, takes a good finish, glues easily and holds nails and screws satisfactorily
DURABILITY: Heartwood is very durable and very resistant to termite attack. Excellent weathering properties
PRESERVATION: Heartwood fairly resistant to preservative treatments; sapwood moderately resistant
FINISHING: Finishes well
Iroko Wood Lumber, also known as African teak Lumber is a dense African timber with the properties of genuine teak. It is lighter in color than teak and finishes to a golden brown.
Iroko wood is tan to golden brown, very durable in the outdoors, used in the boating industry, and does blunts tools because of its hardness.
Iroko Wood Lumber is used in boatbuilding, piling and marine work, domestic flooring, furniture, veneer, railroad crossties, cabinetwork, shop fittings and joinery.
Iroko wood is often suggested as a Teak look-alike, although precaution should be taken as it is not related to Teak.
APPEARANCE: Heartwood varies from a pale yellowish brown to dark chocolate brown with lighter markings most conspicuous on flat-sawn surfaces; sapwood is yellowish white and clearly demarcated. Texture medium to coarse; grain typically interlocked, sometimes irregular occasional large stone deposits of calcium carbonate
DENSITY: Janka scale hardness is 1260 for dry material
WEIGHT: 43 lbs. / cu. ft., or approximately 3.6 lbs. per board foot
DRYING: Dries rapidly with little or no degrade
WORKABILITY: Works fairly easily with hand or machine tools but with some tearing of interlocked grain; occasional deposits of calcium carbonate severely damage cutting edges; good nailing and gluing characteristics; moderate steam-bending properties
DURABILITY: Heartwood is very durable and is resistant to termite and marine borer attack as well. Sapwood liable to powder-post beetle attack
Wenge Wood Lumber is a visually striking hardwood used for strip flooring, joinery, cabinetry and decorative veneers Wenge wood lumber is also used as a hickory substitute in sporting goods.
Wenge wood is a good wood for turning and is sliced for paneling and veneers for furniture and cabinets.
APPEARANCE:Heartwood dark brown to almost black with alternate layers of light and dark tissue forming a decorative figure; sapwood yellowish white, clearly demarcated. Texture rather coarse; grain straight. But unlike most other woods, Wenge is reported to become lighter when exposed to light
DENSITY: Janka scale hardness is 1, 630 for dry material
WEIGHT: 50 - 60 lbs. / cu. ft., or approximately 4.2 5 lbs. per board foot
DRYING: Wenge seasons well and rather rapidly with little degrade. Wenge rather slowly but also without much distortion
WORKABILITY: Sawing and machining somewhat difficult, rapid blunting of cutting edges occurs, turns well, difficult to glue if resinous
DURABILITY: Heartwood is rated as very durable and resistant to termite attack.
PRESERVATION: Heartwood extremely resistant to impregnation; sapwood moderately resistant to permeable.
FINISHING: Finishes very smoothly, and takes a high polish
A tali is a layer of year-round unfrozen ground that lies in permafrost areas. In regions of continuous permafrost, talis often occur underneath shallow thermokarst lakes and rivers, where the deep water does not freeze in winter, and thus the soil underneath will not freeze either.
Sometimes closed, open and through talik are distinguished. These terms refer to whether the tali is completely surrounded by permafrost, is open to the top (e.g. a thermokarst lake), or open to both top and unfrozen layers beneath the permafrost, respectively.
Scientific Name: ERYTHROXYLACEAE
DENSITY:
Other Names:: Janka scale hardness is 1260 for dry material
APPEARANCE:Tali is orangey yellow brown to reddish brown. Interlocked grain, coarse texture, the sapwood is clearly demarcated.
DENSITY: Density at 12%: 0.91g/cm3 Heavy
WEIGHT: 43 lbs. / cu. ft., or approximately 3.6 lbs. per board foot
DRYING: Dries rapidly with little or no degrade
WORKABILITY: Tali can be use as a susbtitute for Azobe. It can be used in Posts, Stakes Sleepers, Industrial or heavy flooring, Vehicle and container flooring, Bridges, Hydraulics work.
DURABILITY: Fungi resistance: Very durable
Dry wood borers: Durable, does not require any preservative treatment
Termite resistance: Durable
Treatability: Note permeable
PRESERVATION: Dry wood borers: Durable, does not require any preservative treatme
APPEARANCE: Light brown wood going towards dark brown on exposure, with a particular odour when green.
DENSITY: 900 1100 kg/m3
WEIGHT: 43 lbs. / cu. ft., or approximately 3.6 lbs. per board foot
DRYING: Dries rapidly with little or no degrade
WORKABILITY: House Framing and heavy construction, Truck & Wagon Trays , Bridges , Flooring
DURABILITY: Heartwood is very durable and is resistant to termite and marine borer attack as well. Sapwood liable to powder-post beetle attack
DRYING: Fungai and termite resistance refers to end uses under temperate climate. Except for special comments on sapwood, natural durability is based on mature heartwood. Sapwood must always be considered as non-durable against wood degrading agent.
Light red meranti is a tropical rainforest species found throughout South East Asia and the South West Pacific islands, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and east Malaysia.
In Australia, light red meranti is marketed simply as meranti, or can be found under the names Borneo cedar, seraya, lauan, and Philippine mahogany.
ORIGIN:Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Sarawak. Meranti can be found in low-lying rain forests in low mountainous region.APPEARANCE:medium two dark reddish-brown, occasionally with light stripes. The sapwood will normally be a lighter shade of red than the heart wood.
DENSITY:
WEIGHT: 42 lbs/ft3 (675 kg/m3)
DRYING:
WORKABILITY: Meranti is easy to work, although the surface of the wood can splinter if blunt planning tools are used. There are no problems gluing Meranti.
DURABILITY: Meranti has relatively good outdoor durability, but has a rather coarse structure
PRESERVATION: Only the sapwood can be impregnated. Otherwise surface treatment of Meranti is easy, although there can be occasional color seepage.
This valuable wood appears pink brown to deep red with a coper reflection. The wood becomes a fairly dark red/brown when it is exposed to the air.
Some pieces are patterned with ray flecks or have a rippled appearance. This wood is springy and shock-resistant and is naturally durable.
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