a dust collection system and personal protective equipment<\/a>, such as respirators, can also be found through this excellent and comprehensive resource.<\/p>\nFortunately, I have experienced no negative side effects when working with the small pieces of wood that were identified to me as Transvaal Beech.<\/p>\n
My Personal Experiences<\/h2>\n I have already noted my personal experiences in relation to working with the wood identified as Transvaal Beech. I enjoyed the figure and appreciated the ease with which the wood turned and finished, but I wasn’t impressed to the extent that I would intentionally seek the wood out for further use, which seems to be a good thing since it is so uncommon in the United States. Woods with similar figure are more readily available, most commonly sold as “lacewood” of different genus and species designations. Unless a wood worker has a particular fondness or need for specifically African species, I can’t personally identify any reason for seeking out the minimal supplies of Transvaal Beech likely to exist anywhere in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a timber wood, Transvaal Beech is not well known outside of its native Africa, and because of this, it has not been well characterized or studied for such characteristics as measured hardness and workability. However, the wood is used to a very small degree by some craftspeople who value it for its light reddish to golden color and high degree of figure, similar to that found in other so-called \u201clacewoods\u201d and \u201csilky oaks.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,127,128,138,130],"tags":[144,171,183,188,200,214,217,221,239,240,247,249],"yoast_head":"\n
Transvaal Beech - Wood Turning Pens ..<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n