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Location:
West Africa
Specific
Gravity:
0.74
Weight:
3.86 lb/bf, 740 kg/m3
Texture/Grain:
Medium, open
Pattern:
Interlocked and wavy
Hardness:
Hard
Strength:
Strong
Tangential
Stability:
N/A
Radial
Stability:
N/A
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Working with Hand
Tools:
Easy
Working with
Power Tools:
Difficult
Gluing:
Good
Finishing:
Excellent
Uses:
Small furniture, turnings, inlay, veneer, decorative trim.
Comments:
Stable but not durable. Interlocking grain makes it difficult
to plane and joint. Quartersawn lumber best shows "zebra"
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