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Mahogany (Honduran)

Stable, easily worked hardwood with a warm reddish tone. Long the standard for fine furniture, boat trim and instrument bodies because it moves little once dry.

Stock forms — Board section and side elevation, end grain showingannual ringsend graintwLside elevation
Mahogany (Honduran) — stock formsSymbols only — no stock sizes are published

Properties

Family
Wood
Category
wood
Species
Swietenia macrophylla
Density
0.55 g/cm³ · 550 kg/m³

Densityhow mahogany (honduran) compares

Density of Mahogany (Honduran) — 0.55 g/cm³Mahogany (Hondu…0.55Water1.00Aluminium2.700369g/cm³
0.55 g/cm³ — 550 kg/m³Water 1.00 · Aluminium 2.70

Applicationswhere mahogany (honduran) is normally specified

FurnitureMusical instrumentsBoat trimCabinetry

Practical notes

  • Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
  • Dimensionally very stable — a large part of its reputation
  • Many species are sold as mahogany; properties differ noticeably

Lumber sizeswhat mahogany (honduran) weighs in each nominal size

Lumber size database

Dressed sizes are the same for every species — a 2x4 is 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 in in oak as much as in spruce. What changes is the weight, and that is derived here from mahogany (honduran)'s density of 0.55 g/cm³.

2x4 dimensions2x4x8 weight2x6 dimensions4x4 dimensions

Tools used on itmatched on the wood family, not on this page

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Circular SawCountersinkDrillHole SawImpact DriverJigsawMitre SawRandom Orbit SanderRouterTwist Drill Bits

Which tools work a material is a property of the family (Wood), not of the individual species — so this list is the same on every wood page, and changes when the tool data changes rather than when this paragraph does.

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