Pau Ferro (Caesalpinia Ferrea)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Bolivian Rosewood 

Found Brazil and Bolivia, these members of the Fabaceae family (Caesalpinia) can grow to 60-100 feet in height and 3-5 feet in diameter. .

Redish Orange to Violet Brown heartwod with dark stripes.

Fine texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .70-.87. Avg. Dry Weight:  54 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Flooring, Cabinetry, musical instruments

Bolivian Rosewood

Pau Ferro

Bois De Rose (Dalbergia Maritima)

Status: Endangered (Threatened) but still available

Other Common Names: 

Found on Madagascar, these members of the Fabaceae family (Dalbergia) can grow to 40-65 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .

Magenta or reddish purple heartwod and pale yellow colored sapwood. Often with black streaks. Will darken with age and exposure.

Very Fine texture, machines well and turns well and polishes to a nice natural luster.  Specific Gravity: .74-.93. Avg. Dry Weight:  58 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Fine Furniture, musical instruments

Bois De Rose

Mahoe (Talipariti Elatum)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: Blue Mahoe

Found on Cuba, Jamaica and other Caribbean Islands, these members of the Malvaceae family (Talipariti) can grow to 60-70 feet in height and 1-2 feet in diameter. .

Greyish brown heartwod and pale yellow colored sapwood. Can contain Blues, Purples, and Green streaks as well.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well.  Specific Gravity: .62-.75. Avg. Dry Weight:  47 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, musical instruments

Mahoe

Black Walnut (Juglans Nigra)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: American Walnut

Foundin the Eastern United States into Canada, these members of the Junglandaceae family (Junglans) can grow to 120 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter. .

Dark brown heartwod and cream colored sapwood. Figuring can include fiddleback, and burls.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well, tearout can be an issue.  Specific Gravity: .51-.66. Avg. Dry Weight:  41 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, gun stocks, and specialty items.

Curly Walnut

Black Walnut

Limba (Terminalia Superba)

Status: Secure and available.

Other Common Names: White Limba, Black Limba

Found Tropical western Africa, these members of the Combretaceae family (Terminalia) can grow to 65-100 feet in height and 5-7 feet in diameter. .

White Limba is pale in color while Black Limba will have dark stripes and even reddish stripes.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well, tearout can be an issue.  Specific Gravity: .43-.56. Avg. Dry Weight:  34 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Furniture, Musical Instruments.

Black Limba

Redwood (Sequoia Sempervirens)

Status: Vulnerable (Threatened) and available.

Other Common Names: Sequoia, 

Found on the coastal northwest of the United States into Canada, these members of the Cupressaceae family (Sequoia) can grow to 200-300 feet in height and 6-12 feet in diameter. .

Reddish brown heartwod and cream colored sapwood. Figuring can include Birdseye, fiddleback, and burls.

Medium texture, machines well and turns well, tearout can be an issue.  Specific Gravity: .36-.43. Avg. Dry Weight:  27 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Outdoor Furniture, construction lumber, and specialty items.

Birdseye Redwood

Hard Maple (Acer Saccharum)

Status: Secure and widely available.

Other Common Names: Suger Maple, Rock Maple

Widely distributed throughout Eastern North America, these members of the Sapindaceae family (Acer) can grow to 80-115 feet in height and 2-3 feet in diameter. These trees are also valued for the sap which is used to make Maple Syrup.
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Pale Brown in color. Figuring can include Birdseye, fiddleback, spaulting, and burls.

Fine texture, machines well and turns beautifully, but can burn if worked too fast.  Specific Gravity: .56-.71. Avg. Dry Weight:  44 pounds per cubic foot.

Used to make: Kitchen Items including countertops, Furniture.

Stabilized Spaulted Maple

Quilted Maple

Spaulted Maple

Birdseye Maple