Both are brown to almost black with a distinctive appearance due to lines of paler tissue.
African wenge hardwood.
Wenge is an exotic wood with a natural growth range of the species is reported to be the open forests of zaire cameroon gabon the southern regions of tanzania and mozambique.
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It is very strong and dense which can make it harder to work with but is a popular wood with wood turners.
Engineered wenge hardwood flooring wenge is a uniform dark chocolate brown color that is used primarily for contrasting accent strips or in those areas desiring such bold dark look.
Wenge has a medium to coarse texture straight grain.
Our african wenge hardwood is dark brown almost black in colour with a rather coarse texture.
With the ability to grow to the size of 18 27 meters with around 1 meters of trunk diameter the wedge wood has managed to attract significant acclaim around the world for its strength durability and resistance to termite.
Nearly getting to about a 70 success rate with them turning straight and staying straight the sealing bit is just as challenging what i have tried so far is wiping epoxy paste onto the shaft using a.
G day folks ihave been using wenge for making 3 4 pool cues 26mm x 9 5mm x 1100mm this is very challenging i am turning it on a cnc machine with a home built lathe sitting on the bed.
Sapwood is gray or pale yellow.
African woods from the outdoor friendly afrormosia to the vibrant zebrawood african hardwoods display diversity in color figure as well as uses.
Wenge is offered in selected straight grain for a very uniform look or in mixed graining where the flat sawn figure yields a visible flower look.
Central africa wenge pronouced when gay is a beautiful and unique hardwood that grows in central africa.
The dark brown color is accented with a jagged black flame grain.
Millettia stuhlmanii and millettia laurentii wenge come from trees of modest size reaching 60 ft 18m in height and logs with 1 8 50cm to 2 0 60cm in diameter.
Origin of wood type.
Wenge is a very dense medium textured dark hardwood from central west africa.
It is also found in the swampy forests of the congo region.
Millettia laurentii janka hardness.
Very recognizable by its dark brown appearance with black stripes.
Not the most finish friendly of woods out there because of its oily surface and porous nature.
Panga panga and wenge have similar properties.
It is often used a substitute for ebony when a job is constrained by budget.
