Purple Heart Wood 1 8 Sheet

Initially a dull brown it takes on its brilliant tone shortly after the wood is cut.

Purple heart wood 1 8 sheet.

Purpleheart thin stock lumber boards wood crafts. Find a large selection of exotic wood bubinga padouk purpleheart wenge and more at rockler. Seth 1 year ago purple hart pen i made. Make offer beautiful figured purple heart lumber wood air dried 36 x 4 x 3 4 free ship.

The sapwood is creamy pinkish cinnamon. I bought this red purple wood plank some 30 40 years ago and just used it as a trim on the enclosed table top. A wood doesn t float for example if it s specific gravity is 1 00 or greater. When freshly cut the heartwood of purpleheart is a dull grayish purplish brown.

Purpleheart is a very hard dense and durable wood. Purple heart is the best wood god placed on earth may he full my home with plenty of it. Myron leski 1 year ago have a question. Beautiful figured purple heart lumber wood air dried 36 x 4 x 3 4 free ship.

Purpleheart purple heart amaranth pau roxo violetwood peltogyne spp. The original color is restored when re cut. Purpleheart is a dull grayish purplish brown when first cut but it quickly darkens to a violet purple with exposure to light. I just cannot remember what this wood is.

Upon exposure the wood becomes a deeper eggplant purple. It has exceptionally high bending and crushing strength is dimensionally stable and is extremely resistant to decay. Purpleheart heartwood is a deep purple violet when freshly cut maturing to a dark brown. Grain is straight but often irregular wavy and sometimes interlocked.

Purpleheart is reported to be highly desired by hobbyists and craftsmen who use the hard heavy wood in small projects. Texture is moderate to fine. Purpleheart wood veneer is a deep brown colored wood which turns purple after cutting. It is reported to have exceptional tolerance for shock loading.

Central and south america. With continued exposure to uv light. 3 8 x 1 1 2 x 16 beautiful. Exotic lumber for all your woodworking needs.

Weight varies from about 50lbs to 63lbs per cu. All boards are machined s4s to 1 8 1 4 1 2 and 3 4 thicknesses. The trouble with this number is that the specific gravity of a wood changes with its moisture content. Purpleheart is an exotic wood with mechanical properties of the wood are reported to lie somewhere between those of greenheart and oak.

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