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Purple Heart
Purple Heart
Regular price
$300.00 SGD
Regular price
Sale price
$300.00 SGD
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Cutting cost $1 per cut. Leave your cut list at the check out and we will contact you! Please contact us if you would like to change the wood thickness. Characteristics: |
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• | The heartwood is a deep purple-violet colour when freshly cut, maturing to dark brown. | |
• | The original colour is restored when re-cut. | |
• | Straight grained, but often irregular, wavy and sometimes interlocked, producing a pleasing striped figure on quartered surfaces. | |
• | Texture moderate to fine. | |
Working Qualities: | ||
• | It is rather difficult to work, with moderate to severe blunting effect on tools. | |
• | It exudes gummy resin when heated by dull cutters and the material is best run slowly through machines equipped with high speed steel knives. | |
• | The wood turns well and smoothly. | |
• | Pre-bore for nailing, glues without difficulty and stains and wax polishes easily. | |
• | Spirit finishes remove the purple colour. | |
Uses: | ||
• | Although expensive, it is used for heavy constructional work, bridge building, fresh water piling, dock work, cladding, house construction and vats. | |
• | Excellent for flooring and very suitable for gymnasium equipment, shafts, tool handles, boat building, turnery, furniture and billiard tables. | |
• | Also as decorative veneers for inlaying and marquetry work etc. | |
• | Best colour from sawcut as steaming affects the soluble phonicoin content. | |
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