Sapele Pomelle Veneer from Rosebud Veneer and Plywood
Rosebud Veneer offers Sapele Pomelle Curly Koa in Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Contact us for details.
Uses: Veneer, plywood, furniture, cabinetry, flooring, boatbuilding, musical instruments, turned objects, and other small wooden specialty items.
Sources: Tropical Africa
Category: figured
Meta Title: Sapele Pomelle Wood Veneer | Rosebud Veneer
Sheet Size: 4x10 sheet
Other Names: Sapelli, Sapeli
Workability: Sapele can be troublesome to work in some machining operations, (i.e., planing, routing, etc.), resulting in tearout due to its interlocked grain. It will also react when put into direct contact with iron, becoming discolored and stained. Sapele has a slight blunting effect on cutters, but it turns, glues, and finishes well.
Availability: Should be moderately priced for regular plainsawn or quartersawn lumber, though figured lumber and veneer can be extremely expensive, particularly pommele or quilted Sapele.
Special Note: Pommele (French for dappled) is all about the bubble size. We select logs with tight, uniform clusters.
Grain Texture: Dark red with ribbon stripe figure and curl. Grain is interlocked, and sometimes wavy. Fine uniform texture and good natural luster.
Characteristics: Heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown. Color tends to darken with age. Besides the common ribbon pattern seen on quartersawn boards, Sapele is also known for a wide variety of other figured grain patterns, such as: pommele, quilted, mottled, wavy, beeswing, and fiddleback.
Scientific Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum
Price Description: Light orange to dark brick red, tight blister figure that jumps off the surface
Price Raw Wood Veneer: 4.5
Price Two Ply Wood Veneer: 8.25