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Location:
Central and South America
Specific
Gravity:
0.57
Weight:
3.49 lb/bf, 570 kg/m3
Texture/Grain:
Fine, open
Pattern:
Straight and wavy
Hardness:
Hard
Strength:
Very Strong
Tangential
Stability:
4.1%
Radial
Stability:
3.2%
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Working with Hand
Tools:
Moderate
Working with
Power Tools:
Difficult
Gluing:
Good
Finishing:
Good
Uses:
Furniture, turning, inlay, boats, tool handles, billiard
tables, construction.
Comments:
Photoreactive, color deepens in sunlight. Resists
decay. Alcohol-based finishes such as shellac dissolve color.
Endangered. |
