Mixed Woods

Grown for the fruit and as a shade tree. This is the tree that commonly has strangler fig vines hanging down from the trunk and upper limbs that you can swing on. A delightful experience if you have not tried it that is also scary because the vine can break at will.  W16771: Incredible curly grain and wild colors!  Rough edge at end.

Macacauba or Platymiscium pinnatumis a member of a distinct variety of Platymiscium species that grows from about 15 degrees North of the Equator to the North third of Brazil. Amazon Rosewood is, in our opinion, the most defined and beautiful Platymiscium of them all. Nine years ago the Owner discovered this species at a mill on the Amazon River while taking a small local boat procuring sources for the World’s finest woods. Colors of Amazon Rosewood range from rich reds, orange, pink, and violet to black lines with defined sapwood. No two boards are alike so expect a combination of colors and contrast in a stunning visual palette! This wood is ideal for musical instruments s it has a strong visual and tonal presence. Excellent large boards of Amazon Rosewood!  Kiln dried and surfaced.  A few small pin holes here and there.  Minor planer skip. Wonderful colors!

Macacauba or Platymiscium pinnatumis a member of a distinct variety of Platymiscium species that grows from about 15 degrees North of the Equator to the North third of Brazil. Amazon Rosewood is, in our opinion, the most defined and beautiful Platymiscium of them all. Nine years ago the Owner discovered this species at a mill on the Amazon River while taking a small local boat procuring sources for the World’s finest woods. Colors of Amazon Rosewood range from rich reds, orange, pink, and violet to black lines with defined sapwood. No two boards are alike so expect a combination of colors and contrast in a stunning visual palette! This wood is ideal for musical instruments s it has a strong visual and tonal presence. Excellent large boards of Amazon Rosewood!  Kiln dried and surfaced.  A few small pin holes here and there.  Minor planer skip. Wonderful colors!  W16791 Figured.

Macacauba or Platymiscium pinnatumis a member of a distinct variety of Platymiscium species that grows from about 15 degrees North of the Equator to the North third of Brazil. Amazon Rosewood is, in our opinion, the most defined and beautiful Platymiscium of them all. Nine years ago the Owner discovered this species at a mill on the Amazon River while taking a small local boat procuring sources for the World’s finest woods. Colors of Amazon Rosewood range from rich reds, orange, pink, and violet to black lines with defined sapwood. No two boards are alike so expect a combination of colors and contrast in a stunning visual palette! This wood is ideal for musical instruments s it has a strong visual and tonal presence. Excellent large boards of Amazon Rosewood!  Kiln dried and surfaced.  A few small pin holes here and there.  Minor planer skip. Wonderful colors!

The Coolibah tree (Eucalyptus microtheca), featured in the song, “Waltzing Matilda”, produces one of the hardest and strongest timbers in the world. This species is widely distributed over Northern Australia, commonly found along rivers and heavy soils of flood plains. Coolibah (pronounced Cool-a-bah) is also referred to as Flooded Box, and Western Coolibah. This species is exceptional in that it grows throughout a very large area of Australia, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions, excluding Victoria and Tasmania. In these areas it prefers to inhabit seasonally flooded stream banks and riverbeds. It has bark that can be smooth with white or gray coloration or rough and fibrous with gray to gray-black coloration. It has been grown in the Southwestern United States for some time, including arid regions that can get quite cold. W16683: Excelent tight fiddlback.  Each face and edge have checks that range from 1/16″ up to 1/4″ deep.  There will be some waste but what you are able to get for knives, boxes, and pens will amaze all!

Favored as an ornamental tree in the West were it grows in the wild on the edges of meadows and forest openings.  A favorite grove for leary Elk and Mule Deer. Stark white bark with leaves shimmering in the breeze.  The wood is lightweight and takes a finish easily (although it absorbs a lot).  Easy to mill with a tendance to have fuzzy grain until sanded.  Heartwood colors are light brown streaks that usually saturate individual growth rings around the  trees pith.   Sapwood is a suitable white substitute for American Holly.  The wood dries easily with a marked tendency to stain if care is not taken. Our stock is from the USA and Canada. W16685: 24″ clean length.  The wood next to the sapwood is white and is a great Holly substitute.  Live bark edge.  A few sticker stains.

Tzalan (Say – Lawn) or (Ceylon) is a tropical wood found in many areas of Central America.  Its trade names include: Tzalan, Caribbean walnut, tropical Walnut and others.  The tree is slender, seldom exceeding 20″ in diameter with common log lengths of 8-12 ft.  The most colorful logs seem to grow on well draining limestone soil in eastern Mexico.  The wood is slightly denser than Mahogany and works and glues similar to Red Oak.  Colors range from Chocolate browns to tans with occasional black stripes.  Some boards resemble Hawaiian koa so closely that educated wood nuts can even be fooled!  Kiln dried and surfaced.  Ready to use.  Economical Koa substitute!

Also known as Indian Apple, this unique species from South America has golden sapwood when first milled that darkens to a rich American Cherry color within a month or two. The heartwood is marketed in veneer form as Tineo. Heartwood colors are strikingly beautiful with a bluish black variegated stripe through pinkish red. Steinway Piano Company makes a high end grand piano out of this wood! Tineo is unstable until dried with considerable shrikage during the drying process.  These are exceptional blanks cut from superior quality logs. All have high figure and some are exhibition grade. Partially air dried in log for for a year and a half and then freshly cut into these blanks.  These are green and will need to be twice turned. Expect movement while drying during the twice turned method. Wax sealed. W16461: Bark on the edge of the least colorful face.  This will turn off if you use this for the bottom of a bowl.

A “golden white” wood from equatorial west Africa.  Aniegre is easy to mill, dry, and glue.  A favorite for cabinet shops around the World.   Care must be taken while drying as sticker stain is common.  Finished,  the wood resembles pale straw with a slight golden tone. Kiln dried and surfaced on two sides.  Nice figure.  Rift to quartersawn.

A “golden white” wood from equatorial west Africa.  Aniegre is easy to mill, dry, and glue.  A favorite for cabinet shops around the World.   Care must be taken while drying as sticker stain is common.  Finished,  the wood resembles pale straw with a slight golden tone. Kiln dried and surfaced on two sides.  Nice figure.  Rift to quartersawn.

A “golden white” wood from equatorial west Africa.  Aniegre is easy to mill, dry, and glue.  A favorite for cabinet shops around the World.   Care must be taken while drying as sticker stain is common.  Finished,  the wood resembles pale straw with a slight golden tone. Kiln dried and surfaced on two sides.  Nice figure.  Rift to quartersawn.

A “golden white” wood from equatorial west Africa.  Aniegre is easy to mill, dry, and glue.  A favorite for cabinet shops around the World.   Care must be taken while drying as sticker stain is common.  Finished,  the wood resembles pale straw with a slight golden tone. Kiln dried and surfaced on two sides.  Nice figure.  Rift to quartersawn.

A “golden white” wood from equatorial west Africa.  Aniegre is easy to mill, dry, and glue.  A favorite for cabinet shops around the World.   Care must be taken while drying as sticker stain is common.  Finished,  the wood resembles pale straw with a slight golden tone. Kiln dried and surfaced on two sides.  Nice figure.  Rift to quartersawn.

A “golden white” wood from equatorial west Africa.  Aniegre is easy to mill, dry, and glue.  A favorite for cabinet shops around the World.   Care must be taken while drying as sticker stain is common.  Finished,  the wood resembles pale straw with a slight golden tone. Kiln dried and surfaced on two sides.  Nice figure.  Rift to quartersawn.

Macacauba or Platymiscium pinnatumis a member of a distinct variety of Platymiscium species that grows from about 15 degrees North of the Equator to the North third of Brazil. Amazon Rosewood is, in our opinion, the most defined and beautiful Platymiscium of them all. Nine years ago the Owner discovered this species at a mill on the Amazon River while taking a small local boat procuring sources for the World’s finest woods. Colors of Amazon Rosewood range from rich reds, orange, pink, and violet to black lines with defined sapwood. No two boards are alike so expect a combination of colors and contrast in a stunning visual palette! This wood is ideal for musical instruments s it has a strong visual and tonal presence. Ok for finger board and bridge blanks!  Dry. W16286: A couple of 2″ checks on the sapwood area only.