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The Wonderful World of Wood:
Kingwood:
- "Dalbergia cearensis"
Other Names:
- Violet wood.
- Violetta.
Sources:
- South America.
Tree Characteristics:
- A small tree, botanically related to rosewood, that produces short logs or billets of wood not usually exceeding 8ft in length.
- The diameter of the billets can be 3in to 8in with the sapwood removed.
Characteristics of the wood:
- A fine even textured, heavy, lustrous wood.
- It has a white sapwood contrasting sharply with the dark heartwood.
- It has an attractive variegated striped figure of violet brown, black and golden yellow.
Workability:
- The hard nature of the wood requires sharp tools, but otherwise it is relatively easy to work.
- It glues satisfactorily.
Average dried weight:
- 75lb/cuft.
Finishing:
- It burnishes to a fine natural finish an polishes well with wax.
Common uses:
- Inlay.
- Turnery.
- Marquerty.
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