Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you. An encyclopedia of the worlds wood varieties wood database. Reddit has thousands of vibrant communities with people that share your interests. The woodworkers resource for practical information and research for all things wood. The light color of the wood is considered an important asset for the manufacture of blond furniture. Let me know if youve got something interesting that youd like to donate to the site. Wood database and searchable library lumber for woodworking thats packed professionally, shipped right to your door, and guaranteed 100%. I hope to have freshly printed books back in stock in early june. Im slowly grinding my way through roughly 800 wood species that have still yet to be listed on the site. Grain is straight to slightly interlocked, with a uniformly coarse texture.
Black wood is sji hollidays debut novel and it twists and turns like you wouldnt believe. This wood is found in the equatorial forests of west africa. Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara uk, korina us, frake africa, african limba wood, is a large tree in the family combretaceae, native to tropical western africa. The tree a large tree usually 36m or more high, but the large, spreading, plank buttresses reduce the usable bole to something like 10m to 15m with a diameter of 1. Eric meier, who ownsruns the wood database web site has now published a really good wood book, called wood. Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara uk, korina us, frake africa, african limba wood. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Black limba has wonderful tonal properties and is suitable for both solidbody guitars and acoustic guitars. The companies are divided into suppliers for limba beams, limba logs, limba plywoods, limba poles, limba sheets and more. Limba terminalia superba, also referred to as afara, is widely distributed from sierra leone to angola and zaire in the rainforest and savanna forest. The wood is easy to dry and shrinkage is reported to be rather low. Limba wood adds the soft feel and great control needed by todays modern topspin players. Nov 03, 2015 everything thats made the wood database website. Black wood is a debut psychological thriller that has been sitting on my kindle for a while.
Beautifully variegated and colored, black limba is easy to work and finish. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Ive read that these are one in the same, and that korina was a name given to limba by gibson. Its better than most of the other reference books i have. Its also commonly used as a mahogany substitute in the furniture industryso my brother tells me.
It grows up to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of branches for much of its height, buttressed at the base. It is the classic wood of choice for bagpipes, clarinets and other musical instruments. Limba black hardwood sample 12x3x6 woodworkers source. It mostly grows as a small bush, making harvest of good pieces very difficult. Its also commonly used as a mahogany substitute in the furniture industryso my. The heartwood will sometimes have nearly black markings that produced an attractive figure. The wood database may be accessed from the wood tab of the section sets spreadsheet by clicking in the shape field and then clicking, or by clicking the shape database button on the risa toolbar and clicking the wood tab. Lumber is separated for color and sold as white without black streaks or black with black streaks. Macassar ebony, camagon, coromandel, calamander wood, golden ebony, indian ebony, tendu, temru, tunki, timbruni. Both should be sealed before gluing, but ayous must be sealed or it will strip off with the rubber. Sold as normal limba if the dark wood is less than 15% of the diameter concerned. It grows to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of. Black limba is a close, straight grained timber, sometimes with interlocked or wavy grain producing excellent figure, with a moderately coarse but even texture. Black limba korina discussion in basses bg started by rene, apr 7, 2008.
Sapwood is a pale greyish to yellowish brown, not clearly demarcated from the heartwood. Limba the wood database lumber identification hardwood. The wood database may be accessed from the wood tab of the section sets spreadsheet by clicking in the shape field and then clicking, or by clicking the shape database button on the risa toolbar and clicking the wood tab wood materialshape selection. White limba click on an item photo for the net sizes description. West and central africa, tropical rain forest along the coast from guinea to angola. The black heartwood rarely exceeds 30% of the diameter of the tree. Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara, korina, frake. Limba is well managed and not threatened due to efforts made in the fifties to preserve its natural range. A handbook, published by the usda forest products lab. The wood is either quite light and known as white limba or contains dark stripes in which case it is known as black limba.
Unlike any other material, the design properties for wood members depends. Black limba lumber comes in random sizes, but within certain ranges. Im seeing the grinch who stole christmas top center. But, much of the korinalimba i see more recently such as black limbawhite limba like on the thorns, et. Black limba is a softer wood, about like alder, and it is a very porous wood. The wood is generally straight grained and of uniform but coarse texture. That wood appeared to be very straight grained and somewhat amber in color when finished, while much of the wood today has much more figuring, color. The wood database may be accessed from the wood tab of the section sets spreadsheet by clicking in the shape field and then clicking, or by clicking the shape database button on the advanced tab of the ribbon and then clicking the wood tab of the shape database dialog wood materialshape selection. Black limba is about the same as mahogany in weight, hardness and texture. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Can anybody describe the tone or the sound of black limba or korina for bass guitar.
The database was created by eric meier, who originally began compiling specs on different types of wood for his own personal use, to use as a guide in selecting the appropriate wood for projects. Identifying and using hundreds of woods worldwide by. Identifying and using hundreds of woods worldwide by eric meier 20151010 by isbn. In this section you can find 49 limba wood suppliers registered on our portal. Black limba the wood database beautiful wood, wood species. Natural resources conservation service plants database. Sji holliday has captured village life beautifully, with astute observations of the village inhabitants and graphic descriptions of the local surroundings.
For some reason i think it might haved reffered to the color. Its a character led tale set in a fictional small town called banktoun near edinburgh. Black limba lumber exotic wood black limba exotic lumber is separated for color and sold as white without black streaks or black with black streaks. Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, or afara uk, korina us, frake africa, african limba wood, ofram ghana, is a large tree in the family combretaceae, native to tropical western africa it grows up to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of branches for much of its height, buttressed at the base. Blackwood definition of blackwood by the free dictionary. I would broadly characterise the tone of limba as close to mahogany. There is no such thing as a white or black limba tree. Black limba terminalia superba is a large tree native to tropical western africa. The streaks in the grain are a prime example of the beauty of mother nature. The is an online wood encyclopedia database covering more than 1600 species from all around the world. Korina is the holy grail of woods for guitars and has been since gibson. The wood database may be accessed from the wood tab of the section sets spreadsheet by clicking in the shape field and then clicking, or by clicking the shape database button on the advanced tab of the ribbon and then clicking the wood tab of the shape database dialog. Limba is a very large tropical tree native to western africa.
The characters in this book are believable which makes it all the more unnerving. Unlike any other material, the design properties for wood members depends both on the material selection as well as the. The texture is moderately coarse with a grain that. In the united states, limba is often called korina, a ed name used originally for limba plywood, according to the book wood. Jun 28, 2012 black wood is set in a small sleepy village not far from edinburgh. We can swap out pickups, we can change an amplifier, or we can even add effects into the mix. Limba wood exotic wood is relatively soft and easy to work. Similar in tone to brazilian mahogany, with slightly more mids.
This portal is an active b2b website for all wood suppliers and their products like wood. The third limba, which is the somewhat more rare heartwood, has varying degrees of irregular black streaking,that can create some beautiful patterns. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Contains a small amount of silica, but blunting effect on cutters. Wenge is a very hard, dense wood and when working with it it always gives me slivers. In addition, this database offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, educational software, audiovisuals and book chapters. Consumeroriented health content to support patients information needs.
The introductory chapters about wood structure, etc, are really good. Black limba limba, is available in either black, or white, this example being black. But we cant change the tonewoods, once a guitar is built, so it. Limba is also favored as a plantation species in west africa. African blackwood grows in africa, and most of our stock comes from tanzania where it is called mpingo. We all know an electric guitars tone comes from various areas.
Heartwood is a light yellowish to golden brown, sometimes with grey to nearly black streaks and veins. Aug 14, 2011 limba s connection to the music world goes back a long way, says ed roman, head of ed roman guitars in las vegas, nv. Alternatively, find out whats trending across all of reddit on rpopular. Limba grains seem a bit tighter and dont shed as badly. This is an ideal setting for a psychological thriller with dark secrets at its root. Terminalia superba superb terminalia or limba, afara uk, korina us is a large tree in the family combretaceae, native to tropical western africa. Told through a split narrative, black wood describes the events that changed jo and claires lives. Limbas connection to the music world goes back a long way, says ed roman, head of ed roman guitars in las vegas, nv. Plywood in the congo, issue 12, page 50, this was the wood of the limba tree a native of the mayumbe forest from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, highquality. I believe that the most interesting use for black limba is in its use in tabletop tennis paddles.
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