Planed Sapele - 44mm thick

from £16.80

VAT is included in the price shown.

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Sanding (£8.40)

Description

GG Joinery offers Sapele planks.

The boards 250mm, 280mm, and 300mm wide can be supplied as full stave panels. They are produced from 2 narrow planks glued along their edges to create a required width.

Sapele is a commonly exported and economically important African wood species. It is similar to mahogany, much harder than African or American mahogany, and cheaper than mahogany.

Sapele
Name	Entandrophragma cylindricum
Origin	Tropical Africa
Colour	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.
Grain	The grain is interlocked, and sometimes wavy. Fine uniform texture and good natural luster.
Rot Resistance	Heartwood ranges from moderately durable to very durable in regard to decay resistance. Moderate insect/borer resistance.
Typical Applications	Veneer, plywood, furniture, cabinetry, flooring, boatbuilding, musical instruments, turned objects, and other small wooden specialty items.
Density	640 kg/m³ average
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.