African Padauk
African Padauk: hardness, how it works, how much it moves, what it costs and what it is used for.
- Botanical name
- Pterocarpus soyauxii
- Type
- hardwood
- Region
- Africa
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 1,970 lbf
- Colour
- bright orange-red, ages to brown
- Workability
- moderate
- MovementHow much it shrinks and swells with humidity
- low
- Price band
- mid
- Typical uses
- Turning, accents, boxes, cutting boards
- Working notes
- Coarse grain; colour bleeds into neighbouring light woods under finish.
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