The wood is very durable and strong with a fine texture.
Cocobolo wood sheet.
The heartwood changes color after being cut and can be polished to a lustrous glassy finish.
Cocobolo grows on a thin band along the pacific coast of mexico down through central america.
Wiping the surfaces with acetone before gluing may help but even then the oils may compromise aliphatic resin white or yellow glue.
It is a great alternative to mahogany.
Cocobolo is an exotic wood native to mexico panama costa rica and nicaragua and is favored for custom pool cues fine furniture and cabinetry inlays and musical instruments.
Cocobolo is a tropical hardwood of central american trees belonging to the genus dalbergia only the heartwood of cocobolo is used.
This exceptionally rare tree is not often found outside of national parks and preserves.
42 00 aaa flat cut cocobolo veneer sheet 8 x 72 grade.
It is also known as granadillo.
Cocobolo is hard and heavy but relatively easy to work using both hand and power tools with sharp blades.
Square foot per sheet.
It is one of the more expensive veneers.
The wood turns well and polishes to a glossy luster.
It is renowned for its sometimes amazing array of colors and for being a very dense stable durable wood making it well suited for both major industry applications.
This exceptionally rare tree is not often found outside of national parks and preserves.
41 07 flat cut cocobolo veneer sheet 8 x 88 grade.
Square foot per sheet.
Even the name of this wood veneer can ignite a certain passion in the heart of a woodworker.
49 43 aaa flat cut cocobolo.
Even the name of this wood veneer can ignite a certain passion in the heart of a woodworker.
It is also listed on the iucn red list as vulnerable due to a population reduction of over 20 in the past three generations caused by a decline in its natural range and.
It is extremely beautiful ranging in color from dark red to reddish brown with an irregular grain pattern.
4 sheets in stock.
But cocobolo s high oil content can impede glues.
This is a very environmentally low impact procedure.
4 89 sheets in stock.
It is a true rosewood with a density second only to african blackwood.
107 77 quartersawn cocobolo veneer.
Cocobolo is a truly exotic wood that remains in high demand with fine furniture craftsmen and guitar luthiers alike.
Surface checks on the rough side.
Cocobolo s1s booard 10 wide for the majority of the board but narrows down to 8 3 4.
7 end check from the narrow end that is 1 4 wide strip of punky softwood and is located near the corner edge.
Its pattern is a straight to interwoven grain.
Our stock is selectively cut and logged by hand in central america squared by chainsaw and drug out of the forest by mules.
Being quite dense sometimes having a specific gravity of over 1 0 it.
Cocobolo is a true rosewood similar in color.
It is usually orange or reddish brown often with darker irregular traces weaving through the wood.
