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Location:
Central and South America
Specific
Gravity:
0.55
Weight:
2.87 lb/bf, 550 kg/m3
Texture/Grain:
Medium, partly open
Pattern:
Irregular, interlocked
Hardness:
Medium
Strength:
Medium
Tangential
Stability:
8.0%
Radial
Stability:
4.0%
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Working with Hand
Tools:
Easy
Working with
Power Tools:
Easy
Gluing:
Adequate
Finishing:
Excellent
Uses:
Furniture, cabinets, inlay, boat decking, tool handles.
Comments:
Tool
manufacturers may substitute this for rosewood in fine
hand tools. Straight-grained boards can be bent. Endangered. |
