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Padauk

Paduak-Pterocarpus_soyauxii (Pterocarpus soyauxii) Medium to hard wood, heartwood is deep orange red that will age to a deeper orange brown.

Purpleheart

Purpleheart-Peltogyne_paniculata (Peltogyne) Medium to hard wood with tight, fairly straight grain with moderate to coarse texture. Bright purple when cut, darkens to brownish purple with exposure.

Quartersawn White Oak

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(Quercus rubra) Quartersawn white oak is one of the hallmarks of the Arts & Crafts and Prairie styles of furniture making.

Sapele

Sapele_Quilted-Entandrophragma_cylindricum

Heartwood is a pinkish red color. Dark, slightly wavy lines appear when planed. Hardness does not prevent it from being workable.

Sycamore

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Largest hardwood tree in the U.S. Moderately soft, but strong. Excellent turning and shaping characteristics, but rather unstable in use due to high volumetric shrinkage.