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Helpful info about woods used in woodworking projects. Learn about the grain, coloring, finishing qualities and other details of different species of:
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| These finer species make beautiful accent woods for your finer projects. Colorful woods make dramatic edging, accents and inlays. Thin sizes are perfect for small projects such as music boxes, humidors and other handcrafted wood boxes, as well as adding decorative accents to guitars and furniture. |
Sold by the 1/10th of a square foot in various thicknesses.
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 from Central Africa, the heartwood is vivid blood red, toning down to a dark purple-brown with red streaks upon exposure. Also found to have vivid oranges with darker striping when freshly milled. Grain is straight to interlocked. Texture is moderately coarse. It finishes well and glues easily. Polishes easily to a excellent finish.
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 offers a wide range of colors from medium to light browns through to almost black brown purplish tones, on top of which there is frequent black striping. Grown in Bolivia and Brazil this is beautiful, rosewood like wood with black striping on top of a dark brown background. Also known as Morado or Pauferro. Takes a beautiful natural polish.
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 found in the Pacific regions of Central America, extending from Panama to southwestern Mexico. The trees grow best in the drier uplands and tend to be small in stature. The sapwood is so pale it is almost white, but the heartwood is a mix of brilliant colors ranging from deep reds to an attractive mix of streaks and markings of red, black, purple, yellow and orange. Takes stain and can be brought to an excellent finish.
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 Found in scattered areas throughout Central and South America including some Caribbean Islands. Reddish brown to medium red which darkens to a deep reddish-brown with time. Straight grain with a fine even texture; Readily accepts a wide range of common stains and finish.
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 trees can grow as tall as 170 feet with diameters as wide as 4 feet, but most are between 125 and 150 feet. Deep purple. Color changes to a rich brown as the wood matures. The original color is restored when re-cut. Finishes well. Lacquer based finishes will preserve Purpleheart's purple color.
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 » Buy Now: Teaka deciduous hardwood tree from the highlands of south-east Asia, it does not come from tropical rainforests. Teakwood has a naturally high oil content which makes it both stable and resistant to rotting when exposed to climatic extremes. Color ranges from gold to golden brown, exhibiting exotic grain patterns. Known to have adverse reactions when many oil based finishes are used but most water based finishes work well.
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 » Buy Now: Wengegrows in Central Africa to average heights of 60 feet with 2-foot diameters but can grow to 90 feet with 3 to 4 foot diameters. It is a uniform dark chocolate brown color primarily used for contrasting accent strips or in those areas desiring such bold dark look. Coarse texture with a straight grain; Good finishing qualities.
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 A natural hybrid of Eucalyptus grandis and E. urophylla, Lyptus thrives in the warm climate of Brazil, permitting harvest in approximately 15 years as opposed to 50 to 70 years in colder regions.
- Grown on highly productive plantations, interspersed with reintroduced indigenous trees to preserve native ecosystems.
- Wood characteristics include excellent workability, machining properties, density, finish tolerance and overall strength.
- Wood is kiln-dried, planed and dressed on both faces for consistency and dimensional stability.
- Uniform moisture content of 6 to 8 percent.
- Available in three thicknesses: 25/32", 1-1/8" and 1-3/4".
- View images of products made from Lyptus® Premium Hardwood
Lyptus compares favorably to hardwood maple in terms of density, strength and technical properties, and has an appearance similar to that of cherry and mahogany. The superior quality and remarkable beauty of Lyptus make it the ideal hardwood for furniture, cabinets and architectural millwork. |
NOTE: Rockler tries hard to keep their online catalog up-to-date, but occasionally an item you order may be out of stock or discontinued. In the case of an out-of-stock, they will place the rest of your order, and put the out-of-stock item on "back order". They will then notify you of the item on back order, and the date it is expected in. It will be automatically sent to you when it is back in stock. |
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