Imported Wood Species
Below is a listing of Imported Woods that Spindle Factory has to offer. If you have any special requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have. You can find our contact information here.
| Beech Fagus Grandifolia |
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The American Beech is found in South-eastern Canada and the Eastern United States. Its wood is heavy and hard (1,300 on the Janka hardness scale). Its sapwood is white with a reddish tint and the heartwood is reddish brown. It is used, notably, in the manufacture of flooring, furniture, mouldings, architectural carpentry, sports equipment and tool handles. |
| Cumaru Dipteryx sp |
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South America • Fresh heartwood is reddish or purplish brown with streaks; upon exposure gradually becomes uniform light or yellowish brown. Texture is fine and appears oily. |
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Western forests see Douglas Fir growing in abundance. But, Douglas Fir is most commonly found in the coastal climatic regions of Oregon, Washington and northern California. Fir has a handsome, gun-barrel straight grain and a pleasing rosy hue. Sapwood is white to pale yellow; heartwood is russet with high contrast between the springwood and summerwood. |
| Ipe Tabebuia serratifolia |
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South America • Heartwood is olive brown to black and usually features striping. The sapwood is much lighter, usually white or yellow. The material is fine textured and appears oily; fine ripple marks may be present. |
| Mahogany, African Khaya ivorensis |
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Tropical West, Central & East Africa • Heartwood varies from light to deep reddish brown. Grain straight to interlocked. Moderately course texture to medium. |
| Mahogany, Santos Myroxylon balsamum |
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South America • Rich dark mahogany colored wood, a superior choice to genuine mahogany. Moderately coarse texture. |
| Oak, White Quercus alba |
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White Oak, like Red Oak grows broadly across the eastern half of the United States. Although in smaller quantities than Red Oak, White Oak is a ring porous species with a characteristic strong grain and rays that are more pronounced and longer than those in Red Oaks. The heartwood is light to medium tan; the sapwood is creamy-white. White Oak machines well, nailing and screwing are good although pre-boring is recommended, and it can be stained to a good finish. |
| Rosewood, African Guibourtia demeusei |
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Africa • Medium red–brown with lighter red to purple veining. In the quartered figure it exhibits considerable “flame” figure and in flat sawn offers a “rosewood graining”. Texture is moderately coarse but even. |
| Sapele Entandrophragma cylindricum |
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Africa • The heartwood has a medium to dark reddish color, characterized by a well-defined ribbon striped figure on quartered surfaces. Texture is fairly fine. |
| Zebrawood Zebrano |
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The wood of Microberlinia, also known as Zebrano, is imported from Central Africa, (Gabon, Cameroon, and Congo). The heartwood is a pale golden yellow, distinct from the very pale colour of the sapwood and features narrow streaks of dark brown to black. Zebrawood can also be a pale brown with regular or irregular marks of dark brown in varying widths. It is almost always quartersawn to get the exciting alternating colour pattern. |