Padauk wood is one of our most popular exotic woods! You don’t get much more bang for your buck as you do with African Padauk. It’s relatively inex...
View full detailsPadauk wood is one of our most popular exotic woods! Choose from 2 different sizes of our 4/4 Padauk Rough Cut Lumber Packs; 10 Board feet or 20 Bo...
View full detailsPadauk wood is one of our most popular exotic woods! You don’t get much more bang for your buck as you do with African Padauk. It’s relatively inex...
View full detailsPadauk wood is one of our most popular exotic woods! Choose from 2 different sizes of our 8/4 Padauk Rough Cut Lumber Packs; 10 Board feet or 20 Bo...
View full detailsPadauk wood is one of our most popular exotic woods! You don’t get much more bang for your buck as you do with African Padauk. It’s relatively inex...
View full detailsPadauk wood is one of our most popular exotic woods! You don’t get much more bang for your buck as you do with African Padauk. It’s relatively inex...
View full detailsPadauk wood is one of our most popular exotic woods! You don’t get much more bang for your buck as you do with African Padauk. It’s relatively inex...
View full detailsPadauk Turning Square We will provide you with a high quality turning blank in the dimensions of your choice. This blank has already been kiln drie...
View full detailsPadauk Turning Blank We will provide you with a high quality Padauk bowl blank in the dimensions of your choice. Our bowl blanks have already been ...
View full detailsDesign your own cutting board! Our Padauk cutting board blanks are 1-5/8" thick x 24" long and come in 3 sizes: 3/4" 1" 1-1/4" This blank has alr...
View full detailsMake a cutting board with three exotic woods! Limited Tools? No problem! This Exotic Wood Cutting Board Pack includes pre-cut blanks of Padauk, Pur...
View full detailsLimba, Padauk, & Purpleheart
A budget friendly version of our standard cutting board package! This package includes pre-cut blanks of 1-5/8" Purpleheart, Padauk, Mahogany, and...
View full detailsPadauk Wood Dowels These Padauk dowels are perfect for your woodworking, woodturning, and wood craft projects. Choose from three different sizes: ...
View full detailsTry 6 different species of wood dowels! This assortment package of wood dowels is great to try a variety of different wood species. These dowels ar...
View full detailsAssorted Dowel Offcuts Pack These packs include 15 x 1/2" dowels - graded as an Offcut (under length) or containg a defect (small knot, tapering, c...
View full details1 piece - Padauk Guitar Body (10286) Some slight checking on ends is to be expected Our thick Padauk guitar tops have been planed on just one side ...
View full detailsBeautiful neck blanks hand picked for you! (10287) Our very knowledgeable staff have hand picked these standouts from our general collection. Build...
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Average
1970
Janka
Central and tropical west Africa
Readily Available
The heartwood ranges from a light pink/orange to a dark red/brown. The colours are at their most vibrant when the boards are freshly worked but will change to a dark brown/purple colour over time. Padauk lumber doesn’t take much sanding or scraping to get the original color back.
Padauk Wood works well with hand and power tools, but beware, the grain can be interlocked ,which can lead to tearout if your tools aren’t sharp. You should have no problems gluing this wood or having finish stick which makes it a great beginner exotic. It also smells nice with a light, aromatic quality. Fair warning, you will have colorful dust everywhere, so don’t hesitate to wear a mask.
Veneer, flooring, turned objects, musical instruments, furniture, tool handles, and decorative objects. Padauk lumber is also a fantastic wood for hand planes due to its awesome color, weight and stability.
You don’t get much more bang for your buck as you do with African Padauk wood. It’s relatively inexpensive (for an import), looks great, and It has a light, pleasant odor when worked. This species also takes on a wicked shine when worked with high-angle planes or scrapers. This is a fantastic choice if you are new to exotics, so have fun with it.
