Santos Rosewood - Rough Cut Lumber
Santos Rosewood - Rough Cut Lumber - 4/4 - Short is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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Santos Rosewood (Morado) - Rough Cut Lumber
Scientific Name: Machaerium spp. (primarily M. scleroxylon)
Origin: Tropical South America (mainly Brazil and Bolivia)
Average Weight: 54 lbs/ft3
Common Uses: Indoor. Veneer, musical instruments, cabinetry, flooring, interior trim, turning, and other small specialty wood objects.
Color/Appearance: Color can be highly varied, ranging from reddish/orange to a dark violet/brown, usually with contrasting darker black streaks. Narrow sapwood is a pale yellow and is clearly demarcated from the heartwood.
Shrinkage:
- Radial: 2.8%
 - Tangential: 6.7%
 - Volumetric: 9.9%
 - T/R Ratio: 2.4
 
Workability: Pau ferro is considered overall to be of fair workability, as it can blunt the cutting edges of tools, and any irregular grain has a tendency to tearout during machining operations. Also, many of the same challenges in gluing rosewoods are common to Pau ferro as well. Pau ferro turns and finishes well.
Density: Janka Hardness: 2,690 lbf - For comparison: White Pine 420 lbf – White Maple 1,960 lbf
            