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Gaboon Ebony Turning Blanks Squares Gabon Ebony Wood Working Lumber Many Sizes

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Original price was: $36.91.Current price is: $22.14.

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Model : Turning Wood Blank
Brand : Globalwoods
Country/Region of Manufacture : Gabon
Wood Type : Ebony
Type : Spindle Blanks
Gaboon Ebony lumber : Gabon Ebony knife scales

1 Gabon Ebony Hardwood Turning Blank Many sizes available. Pick your own per your project requirement. This Ebony is not jet black or all black. Sold as is. For your custom projects, Gabon Ebony wood aka diospyros crassifora. Air dried, wax sealed to protect from defects. Extremely useful for knife handles, game calls, pool cues, boat marine parts, fine furniture, guitar headplates, necks, tailpieces, gun/knife handles, musical instruments and a variety of other wood turnings. Shipping & Handling: Shipped via USPS Mail. We accept PayPal and all major credit cards. Additional facts about Gabon/Gaboon Ebony: DESCRIPTION A very dense, very hard wood with straight to slightly interlocked grain. Very fine textured. Gaboon ebony is believed to be the blackest wood that grows. Weight is about 63-64 lbs. per cu. ft. BOTANICAL NAME Diospyrus Crassiflora OTHER NAMES Cameroon Ebony, Nigerian Ebony, etc., according to country of origin. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES This very dense timber has a good steam bending classification and very high bending and crushing strength, with high stiffness and resistance to shock loads. WORKING PROPERTIES This is a very hard wood to work with hand or power tools, with severe blunting effect on cutters. In planing, a reduced angle of 20 degrees is required when irregular grain is present, with an increase in in pressure bar and shoe pressures advised to prevent the wood from riding or chattering on cutters. Pre-boring is necessary for nailing and screwing. Takes glue well, and it can be polished to an excellent finish. DURABILITY Very durable. Highly resistant to termites. Extremely resistant to preservative treatment. SEASONING Billets dry fairly rapidly and well with little degradation. Small movement in service. USES Tool, cutlery and knife handles, door knobs, butt ends of billiard cues, piano and organ keys, violin and guitar finger boards, other musical instrument pieces, turning, fancy articles and inlay.

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