Wood inspector

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Common names: Essombo

Distributed in: Cameroon (Africa)

Common uses: Balusters, Bedroom suites, Boxes and crates, Building construction, Building materials, Cabinetmaking, Carvings, Casks, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Construction, Decorative plywood, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Domestic flooring, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Factory flooring, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Flooring, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hardboards, Hatracks, Interior construction, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Moldings, Office furniture, Packing cases, Parquet flooring, Plywood, Pulp/Paper products, Pulpwood, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rustic furniture, Stairworks

Environment profile: Status has not been officially assessed

Tree size: Trunk diameter is 100-150 cm

Colors: the heart isRed, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isTypically straight , the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Susceptible to termite attack, Very durable

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Distortion, Splitting

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Comments: The bark and roots of the tree are reported to contain alkaloids and other medicinal substances

Blunting Effect: Slight bluting effect on cutting tools

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Good results

Cutting Resistance: Saws without difficulty

Gluing: Satisfactory gluing properties

Mortising: Responds well to mortising operations

Moulding: Good moulding properties

Movement in Service: Good moulding properties

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Very Good to Excellent

Planing: good

Resistance to Impregnation: Untreatable

Response to hand tools: Good

Routing recessing: Routing is easy

Sanding: Yields clean surfaces

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Very Good to Excellent Results

Screwing: Poor to Very Poor Results, Pre-boring recommended; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Fair to Good;