Central American Woods
This tag is applied when the wood being discussed is native to Central America, which I have defined as being the southern states of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
As expected, I did find the Argentine Osage Orange wood to be quite hard but that in turn meant that it turned cleanly and easily on the lathe. …
The interior is divided into two distinct warehouses. The first one you enter from the office is home to the turning blank supplies, all neatly organized alphabetically by …
Once I had the Marblewood blank mounted on the lathe, its hardness became readily apparent. The wood cut slowly and with effort, but it was also very stable …
I think Yucatan Rosewood is a quite lovely wood with which a wood worker with some reasonable experience and knowledge about the wood should be able to succeed, especially …
The heartwood of Honduran Rosewood ranges in color from a deep brownish-purple to a light-brown, with darker brown to black streaking, which occurs in no specific pattern, nor following …
In general, most woodworkers find Gonçalo Alves to be relatively easy to work with despite the quite high density and hardness of the wood. As is almost always …
Canarywood is primarily prized for its yellow color which sometimes features distinct rings of red throughout the grain of the heartwood. The heartwood, which is usually quite distinctly …