World Woods in Color |
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Alphabetical list of World Woods | 17 |
Examples of exotic grain | 288 |
Sources of Further Information | 300 |
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attack by powder bending and crushing cabinets Cameroon Commercial names common furniture beetle cutting edges decorative veneers Distribution effect on cutters effect on cutting effect on tools excellent finish extremely resistant Family Gabon glues gluing growth rings hand and machine heartwood colour interior joinery interlocked grain Ivory Coast joinery kg/m³ kilning lb/ft³ Leguminosae liable to attack little degrade logs are sliced low stiffness machine tools marquetry Mechanical properties medium movement Meliaceae moderate blunting effect moderately durable moderately resistant movement in service nails and screws non-durable permeable for preservation plywood plywood manufacture poor steam bending powder post beetle Pre-boring preservative treatment quartered surfaces reduced cutting angle resistance to shock resistant to preservative sapwood is liable sapwood is permeable Seasoning shock loads sliced for decorative small movement specific gravity splitting stains and polishes steam bending classification stiffness and resistance straight grained turnery veneers for panelling West Africa wood