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Below are
examples of the kinds of woods we commomly use.
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African
Mahogany |
Black
Walnut |
African Mahogany is an
exotic and imported hardwood that is figured (broken grained). It is
characterized by vertical bonds of varying luster and vessel
markings in which the ribbon effect is intermittent. The heartwood
varies from light to deep reddish-brown. Like American Mahogany,
this timber is very durable and
stable.
Black Walnut is a domestic
hardwood. The heartwood is a rich purplish-brown shade to a
chocolate-brown tint. The narrow sapwood is nearly white. The
texture is moderately coarse but uniform. This wood is strong and
stable.
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Cherry |
Brazilian
Cherry
(Jotoba) |
Cherry is a domestic
hardwood. The heartwood is a medium red-brown with it’s own
characteristic luster. The sapwood is narrow and nearly white. The
grain is straight, finely textured and close with usually a gentle
waving figure. Cherry has a uniform texture, is medium heavy,
strong, stiff and moderately hard, and darkens with age.
Jotoba (Brazilian
Cherry) is imported from Brazil. The
heartwood is a reddish-brown to brown with pronounced darker
stripes. The wood has a golden lustre. The grain is commonly
interlocked with a coarse texture. Brazilian Cherry is very hard and
heavy. The timber has outstanding strength properties.
Brazilian Cherry is not in the Cherry family.
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Cocobolo |
Hard Maple |
Cocobolo is an exotic
and imported hardwood displays a range of colors including rich red,
with orange and yellow streaks and zones. It is very hard, dense and
heavy and has straight grain, which is sometimes interlocked and can
be irregular and variable. It usually has a fine, uniform texture.
Cocobolo is a visually beautiful wood.
Hard Maple is a domestic
hardwood. The heartwood is reddish-brown to light tan. The sought
after sapwood is nearly white. It has a fine uniform texture and is
very strong and hard with close grain. Because of it’s strength and
stiffness, it ranks as one of the more valuable hardwoods.
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Northern Red Oak |
Padauk |
Northern Red Oak is a
domestic hardwood. This wood has straight grain and a coarse
texture. The color is a similar pale yellowish-brown as compared to
White Oaks but with a pinkish-red hue.
Padauk is an
exotic and imported hardwood from the Andaman Islands that comes in both in a strip
or a mottled effect. An eye catching wood, the color varies from a
rich crimson or brick red, to reddish-purple streaks, to
bright-orange. It darkens over time to dark reddish-brown. The
interlocked grain produces the striped figure on quartered surfaces.
The texture is medium to coarse.
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Purple
Heart |
Zebrawood |
Purple Heart is an exotic
and imported hardwood from Central and South America, that is strong
and resilient, and has a uniform fine-to-medium texture. The grain
is usually straight, but can be irregular. The wood is purple which
darkens in time through oxidation.
Zebrawood is an exotic
and imported hardwood from Africa. It is pale golden brown to
pinkish-brown with pronounced dark brown streaks giving the
quartered surfaces a zebra-stripe appearance. The grain in
interlocked. This wood has a coarse texture and lustrous surface.
Zebrawood is heavy, hard and strong.
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