Bubinga
Bubinga: hardness, how it works, how much it moves, what it costs and what it is used for.
- Botanical name
- Guibourtia spp.
- Type
- hardwood
- Region
- Africa
- Janka hardness (lbf)Side hardness as published by The Wood Database
- 2,410 lbf
- Colour
- pinkish red to red-brown
- Workability
- moderate
- MovementHow much it shrinks and swells with humidity
- moderate
- Price band
- high
- Typical uses
- Tabletops, turning, instruments
- Working notes
- Dense and heavy; wide slabs; figured boards common.
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