Basically, this means that some boards can be ridiculously heavy while others are light. Wood with such darker figuring is referred to as black limba, while plain unfigured wood is called white limba. Soft woods, like spruce, may be split rather than sawn into boards so the board surface follows the grain as much as possible, thus limiting runout. Zebrawood has a coarse texture with an interlocked or wavy grain. There is no such thing as a white or black limba tree. In relatively good supply and available in board and veneer form. It grows to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of.
Wood database and searchable library woodworkers source. The companies are divided into suppliers for limba beams, limba logs, limba plywoods, limba poles, limba sheets and more. Bow woods from a mathematical perspective top ten hardest woods. White limba click on an item photo for the net sizes description. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Nov 03, 2015 everything thats made the wood database website. Black limba riser block bl0011 big jims bow company. Wood slab wood veneer bed frame plans wooden textures woodworking books petrified wood cottage interiors types of wood wood species. Sep 23, 2008 this timber has distinctive light and dark stripes hence the name zebrawood. Freshly sawn heartwood is pale yellow or yellowish brown and darkens on exposure to air. Black or white, limba is an ideal species for musical instruments and other products. It grows up to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of branches for much of its height, buttressed at the base. Prices are moderate for an imported hardwood, though figured wood such as black limba is likely to be more expensive. I would classify this wood as being very similar to indian rosewod and wenge.
Similar in tone to brazilian mahogany, with slightly more mids. Im seeing the grinch who stole christmas top center. The black heartwood rarely exceeds 30% of the diameter of the tree. Black limba, terminalia superba, is a beautiful west african species that has black stripes in the lower trunk of the tree presumably were the tree disposes of its. Limba the wood database lumber identification hardwood. However, other woods in the swartzia genus have been reported to cause skin. This portal is an active b2b website for all wood suppliers and their products like wood. It grows to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of branches for much of its height, buttressed at the base.
Limba is also favored as a plantation species in west africa. Some confusion has arisen regarding the difference between white afara limba and black afara. The pores are small enough that one can finish the wood without filling it. For some reason i think it might haved reffered to the color. Has anyone here had any experience with staining black. The introductory chapters about wood structure, etc, are really good. Limba terminalia superba, also referred to as afara, is widely distributed from sierra leone to angola and zaire in the rainforest and savanna forest. See the articles wood allergies and toxicity and wood dust safety for more information. Its color, different from many of the other woods we carry, ranges from greenishyellow to dark brown.
Natural resources conservation service plants database. White limbais the same lightweight, extraordinarily decorative, and nice to work wood. The streaks in the grain are a prime example of the beauty of mother nature. Place your order online and well ship within 1 business day. Upper sections of the trees have white heartwood and this is called white limba and is generally sold as a different species on the commercial market. Its also commonly used as a mahogany substitute in the furniture industryso my brother tells me.
Tropical western africa average dried weight 35lbsft3 janka hardness 670 lbf ref. Black limba is a close, straight grained timber, sometimes with interlocked or wavy grain producing excellent figure, with a moderately coarse but even texture. Hearne hardwoods with over 140 species of domestic and exotic hardwoods in stock, is one of the largest specialty lumber yards in the world. The wood is either quite light and known as white limba or contains dark stripes in which case it is known as black limba.
West and central africa, tropical rain forest along the coast from guinea to angola. I believe that the most interesting use for black limba is in its use in tabletop tennis paddles. Get the hard copy if youre interested in getting all that makes the wood database unique distilled into a single, realworld resource, theres the book thats based on the websitethe bestseller, wood. Heartwood is a light yellowish to golden brown, sometimes with grey to nearly black streaks and veins. Identifying and using hundreds of woods worldwide by. Linkpage citation limba is one of many woods in the world that go by several different names. Even though the issues are optimised and available for electronic platforms, were still at heart, a traditional publication. The wood database lists the average density at 35 lb per cubic foot but that is based off a wide span. In the united states, limba is often called korina, a ed name used originally for limba plywood, according to the book wood. Jun 28, 2012 black wood is a debut psychological thriller that has been sitting on my kindle for a while. Black limba is the heart wood and the white limba is the sap wood from the same tree. This wood is found in the equatorial forests of west africa.
Black limba is a softer wood, about like alder, and it is a very porous wood. The database also contains detailed descriptions of both hardwood and softwood types, including identification guide of wood properties that can help you discover and choose perfect wood structure and texture that you require for furniture, decoration, decking and other objects made from wood. Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara uk, korina us, frake africa, african limba wood, is a large tree in the family combretaceae, native to tropical western africa it grows up to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of. See more ideas about wood species, hardwood and wood. Im working my way alphabetically by botanical name, so check out the latest added wood to see where im at in the queue. Wood database hardwood and softwood identification guide. Aug 14, 2011 limba s connection to the music world goes back a long way, says ed roman, head of ed roman guitars in las vegas, nv. Guitar makers generally favor quartersawn wood because it provides added stiffness and dimensional stability.
Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara uk, korina us, frake africa, african limba wood, is a large tree in the family combretaceae, native to tropical western africa. It is one of the applications in cirads wood database, which combines the technological. Published on september 23, 2008 october 17, 2010 by terence. Other notable grain appearances, such as streaked or duotoned woods black limba, zebrawood. Black limba, terminalia superba, is a beautiful west african species that has black stripes in the lower trunk of the tree presumably were the tree disposes of its toxins. Im working on a warmoth project and i went with black korina for the body. Im slowly grinding my way through roughly 800 wood species that have still yet to be listed on the site. Its a character led tale set in a fictional small town called banktoun near edinburgh.
Has anyone here had any experience with staining black limbakorina. The wood is either a light white limba or korina or with dark stripes black limba hardwood. The heartwood will sometimes have nearly black markings that produced an attractive figure. Has anyone here had any experience with staining black limba korina. Wenge is a very hard, dense wood and when working with it it always gives me slivers.
Bloodwood the wood database lumber identification hardwood. Black limba limba, is available in either black, or white, this example being black. In this section you can find 79 limba wood suppliers registered on our portal. Identifying and using hundreds of woods worldwide by eric meier 20151010 by isbn. Wood database and searchable library lumber for woodworking thats packed professionally, shipped right to your door, and guaranteed 100%.
Black locust is a tough wood with a willingness to be steambent. With the addition of these new sources, along with a growing collection of wood books and other sources scattered across the internet, i was able to expand my original small wood list started back in 2007 into a much larger and more comprehensive collection. The base color is pale yellow and the streaks vary in shade from a greyish brown to black. Unlike a wood like ebony, limba, or korina as we call it, is easy to. Its better than most of the other reference books i have. I like this wood and wouldnt hesitate to substitute it for mahogany. Here is what we currently stock in black limba wood veneer sheets. A handbook, published by the usda forest products lab. Black limba the wood database beautiful wood, wood species. Watch the hot porn video black cock in the woods for free. There is a wide range of density in this wood specie. For a given variety of wood, the wood database has images of the wood grain. Either there have been craftoriented books filled with pretty pictures, but.
If or more of the diameter shows as this dark heart, the wood is marketed as black limba. Black limba is considered to be the more expensive figured wood of the different limba types. The woodworkers guide to choosing and using lumber, is fully met by providing quick takes on each tree, with more detailed information on growing region, a bit of history, a bit of tree lore for each species, and often a bit on the complexities of identifying and buying the wood. Nargusta the wood database lumber identification hardwood.
Limba is a very large tropical tree native to western africa. Terminalia superba superb terminalia or limba, afara uk, korina us is a large tree in the family combretaceae, native to tropical western africa. A live edge walnut book matched conference table taylor donsker design. But, much of the korinalimba i see more recently such as black limbawhite limba like on the thorns, et. The color has varying degrees of brown to black with a tinge of orange streaking. Some wood may show a pinkish cast or pink streaks, but these eventually disappear on exposure to air. Black limba terminalia superba is a large tree native to tropical western africa. Black wood is a debut psychological thriller that has been sitting on my kindle for a while. Oct 27, 2010 guitarbench is designed to be an electronic magazine, but with a familiar, print face. Korina is the holy grail of woods for guitars and has been since gibson. Sapwood is a pale greyish to yellowish brown, not clearly demarcated from the heartwood. Its a great resource for anyone who works with wood. Limba is a light yellowish to golden brown, sometimes with grey to nearly black streaks and veins, black limba is with such darker figuring.
Even though the issues are optimised and available for electronic platforms, were. Mersawa wood is light in color and has a moderately coarse texture. Eric meier, who ownsruns the wood database web site has now published a really good wood book, called wood. Idigbo the wood database lumber identification hardwood. Limbas connection to the music world goes back a long way, says ed roman, head of ed roman guitars in las vegas, nv. Instead of sporadic black lines throughout, white limba is a uniform color devoid of black.
Click on an item photo for the net sizes description. Ive read that these are one in the same, and that korina was a name given to limba by gibson. Its also commonly used as a mahogany substitute in the furniture industryso my. Black limba lumber exotic wood black limba exotic lumber is separated for color and sold as white without black streaks or black with black streaks. For a given variety of wood, the wood database has images of the wood grain in various stages of preparation sanded, sealed, endgrain. In ghana it is called ofram, while on the ivory coast it is known as frake, akom in cameroon and afara in nigeria. Black limba is about the same as mahogany in weight, hardness and texture. We are a retailer of exotic wood up to 84 inches wide, figured wood, hardwood flooring and millwork services. Would it be better to use black grain filler then stain blue, stain black followed by sanding back followed by. This is a list of woods, most commonly used in the timber and lumber trade. Queenwood the wood database lumber identification hardwood. For example, if were looking at a warehouse full of lumber bundles and i observe that the average unit size is board feet, that could mean. I want to stain it a deep blue, but also want the features of the wood grain to pop.
Limba grows in savannah and rain forests all over west africa from sierra leone to angola and the congo. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Indian laurel terminalia elliptica indian silver greywood terminalia bialata limba terminalia superba. Zebrawood has a janka rating of 1575 and a specific gravity around 0. Black limba has wonderful tonal properties and is suitable for both solidbody guitars and acoustic guitars. Tonewood choices vary greatly among different instrument types. Guitarbench is designed to be an electronic magazine, but with a familiar, print face. Brazilian rosewood, east indian, and other rosewoods. Samples scanned are from burl wood, and do not represent regular lumber. Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara uk, korina us, frake africa, african limba wood, is a large tree in the family combretaceae. Has anyone here had any experience with staining black limba. Magickal properties of wood from project fey for pagans.
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