Wood Sanding Basics. Love it or loathe it, wood sanding is essential in every woodworking project. Sanding wood may seem like a tedious task, but it’s an important prep step before staining or finishing wood. In reality, it’s not that...
Standard Name: Chengal (Heavy Hardwood) Family: Dipterocarpaceae Botanica Name: Neobalanocarpus heimii Distribution: Tree grows under quite a wide range of conditions of soils and topography in Peninsular Malaysia, from low flat semi-swamp hills, but appears to thrive best on undulating...
Standard Name: Teak (Medium Hardwood) Family: Verbenaceae Botanica Name: Tectona grandis Distribution: Widely planted in plantation forest of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. Also available in other countries like Indonesia, but Burmese Teak being the most popular. General description: Sapwood...
Standard Name: Angsana (Medium Hardwood) Family: P. indicus Botanica Name: Pterocarpus indicus Distribution: Southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam Grown and Harvested in Singapore: A large deciduous tree that...
Standard Name: TEMBUSU (Heavy Hardwood) Family: Loganiaceae Botanica Name: Fragraea fragrans, F. gigantea and F. elliptica Distribution: Found in mountain forests, lowland dipterocarp forest, hillsides and some swampy areas Grown and Harvested in Singapore: Heritage tree, felled mainly due to...
Standard Name: Mahogany (Medium Hardwood) Family: Meliaceae Botanica Name: Khaya spp. Distribution: Widely planted as ornamental trees in parks and gardens. The tree has also been identified as a potential species for the establishment of forest plantation Grown and Harvested...
