Sapele Sawn Timber

Sawn Sapele Timber:

Sapele timber is characterised by a marked and regular stripe, particularly pronounced on quarter-sawn surfaces. Occasionally mottle figure is present, it is fairly close textured, and the grain is interlocked. It is harder and heavier than African mahogany.

Sapele darkens over time. It goes to a rich brown with much less red in it than mahogany or American Cherry timber.

Stress factures' can be present in sawn Sapele timber, but a nice timber to work which most wood workers would agree.

Sapele timber has become one of the most popular wood types for exterior doors.

If you are looking for the best timber for flooring then Sapele could be the perfect timber, as it has a wonderful dark rich colour with a wide accentuated grain.

Sapele, also known as Sapele Mahogany, is also an incredible wood option for cutting boards.

Sapele is a good performer for external joinery and is relatively stable in service, needs to be painted or stained.

To buy sawn sapele timber online, enter you cut details above and we will calculate the exact cost to machine and deliver the sawn sapele timber to the address of your choice.

Timber Details:

Available Dimensions:
Thickness: 25 - 100 mm
Width: 10 - 220 mm
Length: 900 - 3000 mm

Usage: External
This wood is for external applications (can be used internally if needed).

Material Type:
Hardwood.

Properties:
Sapele has medium resistance to shock loads, medium bending strength, high crushing strength, low stiffness and poor steam-bending properties. It works well with both hand and machine tools, with a tolerable blunting effect on cutting edges. Sapele planes and moulds easily. It drills, routers, carves, nails, screws, stains, varnishes and paints well. Sapele glues fairly well. It sands very well and can be brought to an excellent polished finish.

Material Grade:
FAS

Weight:
620 kg/m3

Typical Tree Height:
45m

Reviews - Sapele Rough Sawn:

Customer reviews: 4.87 / 5.0, based on 3 reviews.

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“Sapele is a beautiful wood, unique grain pattern, I used it for a custom project and it turned out great.„ Reviewed by The Woodworker on 04 Jan 2023

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“Nicely packed and prompt deliver. sawn to sizes requested. „ Reviewed by Mrs. P D****** on 21 Nov 2022

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“lovely timer with a rich colour and fine grain. thank you„ Reviewed by Anon on 17 Nov 2022

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Delivery:

Almost all of our timber, both sawn and planed, will be ready for dispatch within 5-10 days, often sooner, depending on material availability.

On checkout you will be given an estimated time frame for production and delivery of your timber order.

We deliver timber across the UK to commercial and residential addresses.

Once your order is in production we will contact you to arrange the delivery day and confirm delivery instructions.

If you have any questions about delivery after you have made an order, please us the contact details on your order.

We have more details on delivery on our FAQ’s page on this site.