The wood is excellent for turned objects.
Ebony sheet wood.
The grain patterns and range of colors in these ebony wood veneer sheets are outstanding.
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 grain is very linear or straight.
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.
Generally speaking the harder the wood the easier it is to finish and polish.
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.
Our selection is small because we only buy high end grades.
So a janka rating is an average of numerous tests performed on all directions and numerous pieces.
Macassar ebony has a mild slightly unpleasant odor when being worked.
Harder woods create good solid long lasting joinery in furniture.
The hardness of wood varies with the direction of the wood grain and varies from piece to piece.
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.