White meranti

The shrinkage of some species of white meranti is summarised below: Species Shrinkage (%) (Green to air dry) Remarks Radial Tangential S. assamica 1.1 2.9 Shrinkage rather high. S. bracteolata 1.8 3.0 Shrinkage fairly high. S. henryana 1.1 2. More

turn well except for white meranti which has a high silicon content. This meranti may not be white and it may or may not have high silica content, but it most emphatically does NOT turn well. It dulls tools almost immediately, and that's turning WITH the grain. The wood in these samples is very hard and stiff and tends to chip and splinter when cut. It is generally an unpleasant wood to work with and I regret having bought it. More