Kingwood:

Below you will find information about some of the timber I use in the making of Chairs, and other furniture. (some of it may not be avalable in your area.)

Kingwood:

• "Dalbergia cearensis"

Other Names:

• Violet wood.
• Violetta.

Sources:

• South America.

Tree Characteristics:

• A small tree, botanically related to rosewood, that produces short logs or billets of wood not usually exceeding 8ft in length.
• The diameter of the billets can be 3in to 8in with the sapwood removed.

Characteristics of the wood:

• A fine even textured, heavy, lustrous wood.
• It has a white sapwood contrasting sharply with the dark heartwood.
• It has an attractive variegated striped figure of violet brown, black and golden yellow.

Workability:

• The hard nature of the wood requires sharp tools, but otherwise it is relatively easy to work.
• It glues satisfactorily.

Average dried weight:

• 75lb/cuft.

Finishing:

• It burnishes to a fine natural finish an polishes well with wax.

Common uses:

• Inlay.
• Turnery.
• Marquerty.