Obeche Wood Properties by Connected Lines

Obeche Amount of Figure: Low
Obeche Amount of Natural Luster: Medium
Obeche Availability of Wood: Plentiful
Obeche Available As Lumber: Yes
Obeche Available as Veneer: Yes
Obeche Available only in small sizes: No
Obeche Bending Strength: Low
Obeche Blunting of Tool Blades: Low
Obeche Botanical Name: Triplochiton scleroxylon
Obeche Carving: Good, easy to carve
Obeche Clear Finish or Varnish: Insufficient Data Available
Obeche Color of Wood: Creamy White
Obeche Contrast between growth rings: Diffuse Porous
Obeche Crushing Strength: Low
Obeche Decorative Figure: No
Obeche Density: Low
Obeche Drilling: Good
Obeche Fill before Finishing: May require a filler depending on the intended result
Obeche Gluing: Good
Obeche Grain: Mostly Straight
Obeche Growth Ring Pattern Plainsawn: Indistinct growth ring
Obeche Growth Ring Pattern Quartersawn: Faint growth ring stripe
Obeche Hand Tooling: Very Easy
Obeche Hardness: Soft, easy to dent
Obeche Hardwood or Softwood: Hardwood
Obeche Harmful Properties: May cause respiratory problems
Obeche Interlocked Grain: Yes
Obeche Kiln-dried Shrinkage: Low
Obeche Machine Tools: Easy to Very Easy
Obeche Mortising: Good
Obeche Movement after drying: Low
Obeche Nail Holding: Fair - Nails hold or are fairly easily pulled out
Obeche Nailing: Good - Seldom splits wood
Obeche Natural Durability: Non-durable
Obeche Number of Knots: Insufficient Data Available
Obeche Painting: Fair
Obeche Planing: Fair
Obeche Polishing: Good
Obeche Pounds per cubic foot maximum: 24
Obeche Pounds per cubic foot minimum: 24
Obeche Reacts with Iron Fasteners or Hardware: Yes
Obeche Sanding: Good
Obeche Sawing: Moderate cutting resistance
Obeche Screw Holding: Fair - Screws are fairly easy to pull out
Obeche Screwing: Good - Screwing seldom splits wood
Obeche Shaping: Fair or satisfactory
Obeche Size of Knots: Insufficient Data Available
Obeche Size of Pores: Large Pores - Open grain
Obeche Specific Gravity: Low
Obeche Specific Gravity maximum: .38
Obeche Specific Gravity minimum: .38
Obeche Staining: Fair - May stain unevenly or change colors
Obeche Steam Bending: Satisfactory
Obeche Stiffness: Very low
Obeche Surface Preparation for Finishing: Yes
Obeche Texture of the Wood: Moderately Fine
Obeche Toughness: Low
Obeche Turning: Rather poor
Obeche Weight: Light
Obeche Wood Defects: Knots loosen or split, stain, warp
Obeche Work Notes: Hard mineral deposits require sharp or carbide tipped saw knives
Obeche Use for Boxes, Crates or Pallets: YES
Obeche Use for Carving: no
Obeche Use for Cooperage: no
Obeche Use for Decorative Veneer: YES
Obeche Use for Flooring: no
Obeche Use for Furniture: no
Obeche Use for Handles: no
Obeche Use for Heavy Construction: no
Obeche Use for Inlay: no
Obeche Use for Interior Finish: no
Obeche Use for Light Construction: no
Obeche Use for Marine Applications: no
Obeche Use for Marquetry: YES
Obeche Use for Millwork: YES
Obeche Use for Models and Patterns: YES
Obeche Use for Musical Instruments: no
Obeche Use for Novelties: no
Obeche Use for Secondary Furniture Components: YES
Obeche Use for Shingles: no
Obeche Use for Sports Equipment: no
Obeche Use for Turnery: no
Obeche Use for Woodenware: no