Turns glues and finishes well.
Chakte viga hardwood.
Chakte viga is a tropical hardwood from mexico.
Chakte viga is sometimes referred to as paela.
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Chakte kok is an interesting wood and one of only a few in the world that naturally displays a brilliant bright red color tone.
The wood can darken with.
Tropical mexico and central america chakte viga is a very popluar wood for turning as well as custom furniture or inlays.
The beautiful orange yellow color and iridescent quality make it a favorite.
The heartwood color varies slightly from pale to rich reddish orange.
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Tropical hardwood from mexico.
The janka scale is used to determine the relative hardness of particular domestic or exotic wood species.
Our austin texas tropical hardwood inventory also consists of granadillo katalox chechen tzalam chakte viga chakte kok chico zapote caribbean walnut caribbean rosewood mexican royal ebony and black poison wood.
The heartwood color varies slightly from pale to rich reddish orange.
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Chakte viga has been used as a fence post material with reports stating that the wood lasts up to 100 years in the ground.
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It is reported to have good tonal qualities and is popular in both instrument building and wood turning.
Chakte viga has been used as a fence post material with reports stating that the wood lasts up to 100 years in the ground.
This extreme color will oxidize and fade within minutes if exposed to direct sunlight therefore the use of a good uv inhibitor is required.
Turns glues and finishes well.
Despite its high density chakte viga generally responds well to most machining operations though interlocked grain can result in tearout.
The janka test measures the amount of force required to embed a 0 444 steel ball into the wood to half of its diameter.
The grain is typically straight but can interlocking.
The grain is typically straight but can interlocking.
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