Generally speaking the harder the wood the easier it is to finish and polish.
Ebony sheet wood.
Product description black ebony composite wood veneer sheet 24 x 48 raw with no backer 2 x 4 x 1 42 thickness.
Solid wood reconstituted dyed veneer for uniformity and consistancy used for marquetry segmented turning inlays and other projects sleeves contain 8 sheets 12 x24 0 025 thick 16sf unbacked also available in other bold colors natural wood tones and in smaller 8 x9 packs see more product details.
The wood is excellent for turned objects.
Harder woods create good solid long lasting joinery in furniture.
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.
Our selection is small because we only buy high end grades.
You don t have to be a woodworker to see the beauty in this kind of ebony.
This type of ebony is getting hard to find with a reasonable price but we ve done our best to make these veneer sheets as affordable as possible.
Macassar ebony has a mild slightly unpleasant odor when being worked.
The hardness of wood varies with the direction of the wood grain and varies from piece to piece.
The grain is very linear or straight.
The grain patterns and range of colors in these ebony wood veneer sheets are outstanding.