Iroko
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Botanical name | Chlorophora Excelsa |
Origin | West and East Africa |
Brief description | Colour: Golden-orange to light brown Grain: Interlocked Texture: Coarse but even |
Uses | Ship and boat building, interior and exterior joinery, laboratory benches, furniture making. Also piling and marine work, domestic flooring, plywood manufacture and decorative veneering |
Working properties | Works ok with hand and machine tools, nails, screws and glues well and finishes well once filled |
Durability | Very durable |
Density | 640 kg/m3 |
Sapele
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Botanical name | Entandrophragma Cylindricum |
Origin | West and Central Africa |
Brief description | Colour: Medium to dark-reddish brown, characterised by a well-defined ribbon striped figure on quartered surfaces Grain: Interlocked or wavy Texture: Fairly fine |
Uses | Quality furniture and cabinet making, joinery, shop fitting, office furniture, solid doors, boat building, musical instruments, sports goods, counter tops and flooring. Also a constructional veneer for plywood |
Working properties | Works well with hand and machine tools, nails, screws and glues well, properties care required when staining but provides excellent polished finish |
Durability | Moderately durable |
Density | 620 kg/m3 |
Ash
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Botanical name | Fraxinus Americana |
Origin | USA and Canada |
Brief description | Colour: Grey-brown heartwood, sometimes red tinged Grain: Straight Texture: Coarse and even |
Uses | All types of sports equipment, handles for striking tools, bent parts for boat building, shop fitting and high-class joinery |
Working properties | Works satisfactorily with hand and machine tools, pre-boring necessary for nailing, glues, stains and polishes well |
Durability | Non-durable and perishable |
Density | 660 kg/m3 |
Oak American White
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Botanical name | Quercus Alba |
Origin | Eastern USA and South Eastern Canada |
Brief description | Colour: Varies from pale yellow-brown to biscuit with a pinkish tint Grain: Straight Texture: Medium to coarse |
Uses | Furniture, cabinet making, joinery, heavy construction, parquet and strip flooring, boat building. Aslo plywood and ornamental veneers for panelling and decorative veneers |
Working properties | Varies according to rate of growth, nailing may need pre-boring, screws well,gluing properties are variable, stains and polishes to a good finish |
Durability | The heartwood is durable and extremely resistant to preservative treatment. The sapwood is moderately resistant |
Tulipwood
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Botanical name | Liriodendron Tulipifera |
Origin | USA (also known as Canary Whitewood and Yellow Poplar |
Brief description | Colour: pale yellowish-brown to pale olive-brown, streaked with olive-green Grain: Straight Texture: Regular, fine |
Uses | Pattern making, carving, cabinet making, interior fittings and joinery |
Working properties | Easy to work, with both hand tools and machines |
Durability | Non-durable |
Density | 450 kg/m3 |
European Oak
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Botanical name | Quercus Petraea and Robur |
Origin | UK and Europe (also Asia Minor and North Africa) |
Brief description | Colour: Yellowisg brown (irregular/cross grained material can occur) Grain: Straight Texture: Medium to coarse |
Uses | Continental oaks are preferred for furniture and cabinet making. Englisk oak is best for garden furniture, boat building, gateposts, furniture, floors and construction works. Also interior and exterior joinery, coffins, flooring, gates and fencing. For plywood manufacture it is rotary cut and when sliced createsa very attractive figured veneer |
Working properties | Has a moderate to severe blunting effect on cutters, takes waxing, liming, fuming and polishing treatments very well filled and has very little shrinkage |
Meranti
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Botanical name | Shorea Pauciflora |
Origin | South East Asia and the islands of the South West Pacific |
Brief description | Colour: Varies from white through straw to yellow in the yellow-white groups Grain: Interlocked Texture: Moderately Coarse |
Uses | Widely used in the manufacture of doors and conservatories, as well as flooring, panelling, furniture, joinery, mouldings, plywood, turnery and carving |
Working properties | Machines reasonably well, nails, glues and stains well and can be painted, stained or polished but may need to be filled before finishing |
Durability | Moderately durable |
Density | 660 kg/m3 |
Iroko
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Botanical name | Chlorophora Excelsa |
Origin | West and East Africa |
Brief description | Colour: Golden-orange to light brown Grain: Interlocked Texture: Coarse but even |
Uses | Ship and boat building, interior and exterior joinery, laboratory benches, furniture making. Also piling and marine work, domestic flooring, plywood manufacture and decorative veneering |
Working properties | Works ok with hand and machine tools, nails, screws and glues well and finishes well once filled |
Durability | Very durable |
Density | 640 kg/m3 |
Sapele
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Botanical name | Entandrophragma Cylindricum |
Origin | West and Central Africa |
Brief description | Colour: Medium to dark-reddish brown, characterised by a well-defined ribbon striped figure on quartered surfaces Grain: Interlocked or wavy Texture: Fairly fine |
Uses | Quality furniture and cabinet making, joinery, shop fitting, office furniture, solid doors, boat building, musical instruments, sports goods, counter tops and flooring. Also a constructional veneer for plywood |
Working properties | Works well with hand and machine tools, nails, screws and glues well, properties care required when staining but provides excellent polished finish |
Durability | Moderately durable |
Density | 620 kg/m3 |
Ash
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Botanical name | Fraxinus Americana |
Origin | USA and Canada |
Brief description | Colour: Grey-brown heartwood, sometimes red tinged Grain: Straight Texture: Coarse and even |
Uses | All types of sports equipment, handles for striking tools, bent parts for boat building, shop fitting and high-class joinery |
Working properties | Works satisfactorily with hand and machine tools, pre-boring necessary for nailing, glues, stains and polishes well |
Durability | Non-durable and perishable |
Density | 660 kg/m3 |
Oak American White
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Botanical name | Quercus Alba |
Origin | Eastern USA and South Eastern Canada |
Brief description | Colour: Varies from pale yellow-brown to biscuit with a pinkish tint Grain: Straight Texture: Medium to coarse |
Uses | Furniture, cabinet making, joinery, heavy construction, parquet and strip flooring, boat building. Aslo plywood and ornamental veneers for panelling and decorative veneers |
Working properties | Varies according to rate of growth, nailing may need pre-boring, screws well,gluing properties are variable, stains and polishes to a good finish |
Durability | The heartwood is durable and extremely resistant to preservative treatment. The sapwood is moderately resistant |
Tulipwood
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Botanical name | Liriodendron Tulipifera |
Origin | USA (also known as Canary Whitewood and Yellow Poplar |
Brief description | Colour: pale yellowish-brown to pale olive-brown, streaked with olive-green Grain: Straight Texture: Regular, fine |
Uses | Pattern making, carving, cabinet making, interior fittings and joinery |
Working properties | Easy to work, with both hand tools and machines |
Durability | Non-durable |
Density | 450 kg/m3 |
European Oak
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Botanical name | Quercus Petraea and Robur |
Origin | UK and Europe (also Asia Minor and North Africa) |
Brief description | Colour: Yellowisg brown (irregular/cross grained material can occur) Grain: Straight Texture: Medium to coarse |
Uses | Continental oaks are preferred for furniture and cabinet making. Englisk oak is best for garden furniture, boat building, gateposts, furniture, floors and construction works. Also interior and exterior joinery, coffins, flooring, gates and fencing. For plywood manufacture it is rotary cut and when sliced createsa very attractive figured veneer |
Working properties | Has a moderate to severe blunting effect on cutters, takes waxing, liming, fuming and polishing treatments very well filled and has very little shrinkage |
Meranti
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Botanical name | Shorea Pauciflora |
Origin | South East Asia and the islands of the South West Pacific |
Brief description | Colour: Varies from white through straw to yellow in the yellow-white groups Grain: Interlocked Texture: Moderately Coarse |
Uses | Widely used in the manufacture of doors and conservatories, as well as flooring, panelling, furniture, joinery, mouldings, plywood, turnery and carving |
Working properties | Machines reasonably well, nails, glues and stains well and can be painted, stained or polished but may need to be filled before finishing |
Durability | Moderately durable |
Density | 660 kg/m3 |