Jatoba - Rough Cut Lumber
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Jatoba - Rough Cut Lumber
Description
Description
Jatoba - Rough Cut Lumber
Scientific Name: Hymenaea courbaril
Origin: Central America, southern Mexico, northern South America, and the West Indies
Average Weight: 57 lbs/ft3
Common Uses: Indoor. Flooring, furniture, cabinetry, tool handles, shipbuilding, railroad ties, turned objects, and other small specialty items.
Color/Appearance: Heartwood varies from a light orangish brown to a darker reddish brown, sometimes with contrasting darker grayish brown streaks. Color tends darken upon exposure to light. Sapwood is a light grayish yellow, clearly demarcated from the heartwood.
Shrinkage:
- Radial: 4.2%
- Tangential: 8.0%
- Volumetric: 12.1%
- T/R Ratio: 1.9
Workability: Jatoba is considered difficult to work with on account of its density and hardness, and has a moderate blunting effect on tool cutters. Jatoba also tends to be difficult to plane without tearout due to its interlocking grain. However, Jatoba glues, stains, turns, and finishes well. Responds well to steam-bending.
Density: Janka Hardness: 2.690 lbf - For comparison: White Pine 420 lbf – White Maple 1,190 lb
