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Gabon Ebony Lumber 30”x4”x1” Guitar Building Neck Blank Woodworking Ebony Timber
$ 92.37
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Description
Gabon Ebony Hardwood Guitar Neck Blank30"x4"x1"~762x101x25mm
You will receive
a similar one
piece as shown.
It will be personally picked and pulled for your custom projects. Pl
ease note that th
ese
billet
s are
not all black or jet black.
They will have
brown inclusions. Sold as
are
.
For your consideration genuine Gabon Ebony wood aka diospyros crassifora. Air dried, end sealed to protect from defects. Smooth 220 grit sanded all 4 sides. Extremely useful for guitar building projects, door and tool handles, turkey calls, pool cues, fine furniture building, guitar headplates, guitar necks, tailpieces, gun/knife handles, and a variety of other wood working projects.
Origin: Gabon, Africa.
Shipping & Handling: Shipped worldwide via USPS Priority Mail. We accept PayPal and all major credit cards.
Additional facts about Gabon/Gaboon Ebony:
DESCRIPTION
A very dense, very hard wood with straight to slightly interlocked grain. Very fine textured. Gaboon ebony is believed to be the blackest wood that grows.
Weight is about 63-64 lbs. per cu. ft.
BOTANICAL NAME
Diospyrus Crassiflora
OTHER NAMES
Cameroon Ebony, Nigerian Ebony, etc., according to country of origin.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
This very dense timber has a good steam bending classification and very high bending and crushing strength, with high stiffness and resistance to shock loads.
WORKING PROPERTIES
This is a very hard wood to work with hand or power tools, with severe blunting effect on cutters. In planing, a reduced angle of 20 degrees is required when irregular grain is present, with an increase in in pressure bar and shoe pressures advised to prevent the wood from riding or chattering on cutters. Pre-boring is necessary for nailing and screwing. Takes glue well, and it can be polished to an excellent finish.
DURABILITY
Very durable. Highly resistant to termites. Extremely resistant to preservative treatment.
SEASONING
Billets dry fairly rapidly and well with little degradation. Small movement in service.
USES
Tool, cutlery and knife handles, door knobs, butt ends of billiard cues, piano and organ keys, violin and guitar finger boards, other musical instrument pieces, turning, fancy articles and inlay.