Sapele is a great alternative for Genuine Mahogany! Sapele gets used for all types of woodworking including furniture, cabinet making, instrument m...
View full detailsSapele is a great alternative for Genuine Mahogany! Choose from 2 different sizes of our 4/4 Sapele Rough Cut Lumber Packs; 10 Board feet or 20 Boa...
View full detailsSapele is a great alternative for Genuine Mahogany! Sapele gets used for all types of woodworking including furniture, cabinet making, instrument m...
View full detailsSapele is a great alternative for Genuine Mahogany! Choose from 2 different sizes of our 8/4 Sapele Rough Cut Lumber Packs; 10 Board feet or 20 Boa...
View full details4/4 Sapele Lumber in long lengths Grade: Select & Better Kiln Dried These boards are considered rough stock and may have minor defects such a...
View full details8/4 Sapele Lumber in long lengths Grade: Select & Better Kiln Dried These boards are considered rough stock and may have minor defects such a...
View full detailsSapele is a great alternative for Genuine Mahogany! Sapele gets used for all types of woodworking including furniture, cabinet making, instrument m...
View full detailsSapele is a great alternative for Genuine Mahogany! Sapele gets used for all types of woodworking including furniture, cabinet making, instrument m...
View full detailsOur three most popular exotic woods in 1 pack! You can't go wrong with these three types of hardwoods; Black Limba, Purpleheart, and Sapele! Blac...
View full detailsOur three most popular exotic woods in 1 pack! You can't go wrong with these three types of hardwoods; Black Limba, Purpleheart, and Sapele! Blac...
View full detailsSapele is a great alternative for Genuine Mahogany! Sapele gets used for all types of woodworking including furniture, cabinet making, instrument m...
View full detailsExotic Thins Package Great savings! We will provide you with our 3 most popular exotic thins; Black Limba , Sapele, and Purpleheart. Each thin is 1...
View full detailsSapele Turning Blank We will provide you with a high quality Sapele turning blank in the dimensions of your choice. Our bowl blanks have already be...
View full detailsSave on our top 3 Exotic Bowl Blanks! For turners who are just getting started and want to try three of our more popular Exotic wood species, or fo...
View full detailsRibbon Striped Sapele Turning Square We will provide you with a high quality sapele turning square in the dimensions of your choice. This blank has...
View full detailsExotic Turning Square Starter Pack For turners who are just getting started and want to try three of our more popular Exotic species, or for anyone...
View full detailsMake a cutting board with 3 exotic woods! Limited Tools? No problem! This Exotic Wood Cutting Board Pack includes pre-cut blanks of Sapele, Purple...
View full detailsA budget friendly version of our standard Tropical Hardwood Cutting Board Pack! This exotic cutting board package of offcuts includes pre-cut blan...
View full detailsDesign your own cutting board! Add a touch of luxury to your next project! Our Sapele cutting board blanks are 1-5/8" thick x 24" long and come in ...
View full detailsSapele Guitar Body Blank - 1 Piece 700332-13.6lbs700333-13.6lbs700334-13.4lbs700335-12lbs700336-12.2lbs We will provide you with a high quality Sap...
View full detailsLet us build you a Sapele Shelf! Made on demand by KJP woodworkers, our shelves are made from hand-selected sapele that’s as durable as it is stunn...
View full detailsLet us build you a Sapele Floating Shelf! Made on demand by KJP woodworkers, our solid sapele floating shelves come pre-mounted with the HOVR Float...
View full detailsSapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum)
Average
1,410
Janka
Tropical Africa
Readily Available
The heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown and its quartersawn surface has the ribboned pattern that is associated with Sapele. It also is known to have a wide variety of other figured patterns like pommele, quilted, mottled, wavy, beeswing, and fiddleback. The colour tends to darken as it ages.
The grain is interlocked which can cause a lot of trouble with tearout during both machining and hand tool operations. Sapele has a slight blunting effect on edge tools but takes glue and finish well.
Sapele gets used for all types of woodworking including furniture, cabinet making, instrument making, turning, and boat building.
Despite some of the difficulties there are working with Sapele, it is all worth it just to see some of its incredible grain patterns and figure.
