The wood is excellent for turned objects.
Ebony sheet wood.
The wood is also prone to checking and splitting during drying and drying defects are not uncommon.
The hardness of wood varies with the direction of the wood grain and varies from piece to piece.
Product description black ebony composite wood veneer sheet 24 x 48 raw with no backer 2 x 4 x 1 42 thickness.
Marbled macassar ebony wood veneer this category of marble figure ebony has a breath taking arrangement of light and dark streaks that few other wood veneers can match.
So a janka rating is an average of numerous tests performed on all directions and numerous pieces.
Generally speaking the harder the wood the easier it is to finish and polish.
Macassar ebony has a mild slightly unpleasant odor when being worked.
Our selection is small because we only buy high end grades.
Macassar ebony wood veneer macassar ebony is one of the most desirable classic and exotic wood veneers available.
You don t have to be a woodworker to see the beauty in this kind of ebony.
Harder woods create good solid long lasting joinery in furniture.
Product is as close to black as veneer can be and still retain grain lines despite that some photos look some gray the product is blacker.
The grain patterns and range of colors in these ebony wood veneer sheets are outstanding.