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Other hardwood currently available:
Rare Ausubo, Manilkara bidentata, also known a Balata or Massaranduba, a native hard wood of Puerto Rico. Harvested November 2007. Available from Tropic Ventures Sustainable Forestry Project in Puerto Rico. Very limited quantity available now, measurements in inches.

AUSUBO TURNING & CARVING BLANKS
1 x Turning Blank: 5.5 x 5.5 x 5.25= $44.00 SOLD
2 x Turning Blank: 6 x 6x 12.75 = $128 each ORDER
1 x Turning Blank: 6 x 6 x 12 = $120 ORDER

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Ausubo Turnings by Andrés Rúa 2008
Flat Bowl in Ausubo: $ 70.00 (Height 3" x Diameter 5.5")
Lidded box in Ausubo: $80.00 (Height 7" x Diameter 5.5") SOLD
Tall Bowl with knots in Ausubo: $135.00 (Height 5" x Diameter 6")

DESCRIPTION: Ausubo (Manilkara bidentata), is a large evergreen forest tree that was the most important timber tree of Puerto Rico in the past when it was widely available. This is no longer the case. It is the strongest and most attractive of commercial woods, used in the tropics for furniture, turning, flooring, violin bows, and billiard cues, railway sleepers, as well as bridging, and heavy construction.
The heartwood is light red when cut and turns to dark reddish brown when dry. The sapwood is whitish to pale brown. The wood is very hard, strong, fine textured, durable and heavy, with a specific gravity of 0.85.

See Peter L. Weaver paper for more info on Ausubo

HOT OFF THE PRESS:
Tropic Ventures sustainable forestry featured in
The Journal of American Woodturners. Spring 2008.
Article by environmental advocate Brad Whitman. Pdf.