Sapele - Rough Cut Lumber
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Sapele - Rough Cut Lumber
Description
Description
Sapele - Rough Cut Lumber
Scientific Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum
Origin: Tropical Africa
Average Weight: 41.6 lbs/ft3 (665 kg/m3)
Common Uses: Veneer, plywood, furniture, cabinetry, flooring, boatbuilding, musical instruments, turned objects, and other small wooden specialty items.
Color/Appearance: Heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown. Color tends to darken with age. Besides the common ribbon pattern seen on quartersawn boards, sapele is also known for a wide variety of other figured grain patterns, such as: pommele, quilted, mottled, wavy, beeswing, and fiddleback.
Shrinkage:
Radial: 5.2%
Tangential: 7.2%
Volumetric: 12.9%
T/R Ratio: 1.4
Workability: Sapele can be troublesome to work in some machining operations, (i.e., planing, routing, etc.), resulting in tearout due to its interlocked grain. It will also react when put into direct contact with iron, becoming discolored and stained. Sapele has a slight blunting effect on cutters, but it turns, glues, and finishes well.
Density: Janka Hardness: 1,360 lbf - For comparison: White Pine 420 lbf – Yellow Birch 1,260 lbf
