Table 3 . — Percent directional and volume shrinkage from green to oven-dry- 
condition 
Species 
Shrinkage 
: Longitudinal ! 
Radial ■ 
Tangential : 
Volumetric 
; rcent : 
Perec 
Percent : 
; rcent 
i 
Avodire (VI. Africa) 
Turraeanthus africana 
1 0.2U 
h.03 . 
6.19 
-10, 
Mahogany., African 
i vorensis 
1 .28 
ii.96 
8.36 
16.88 
Mahogany, Colombian 
Swie tenia macrophylla 
1 .18 \ 
2.U6 
3.80 
6.53 
Satinwood, Ceylon 
Chlorophcra swietenia 
\ .12 
< 7-1 
! 8.51 
: 1U.9U 
-Compare with value in table 2 . 
TJorking Characteristics 
Straight -grained wood is quite easy to work, but care is required in planing 
either quartered boards shoring stripe figure or curly- or wavy-grained mate- 
rial to avoid surface tearing (1). A, small cutting angle is desirable for a 
clean finish. Avodire makes excellent veneer, especially sliced veneer, and 
has fairly good nailing, screw-holding, and gluing properties. It will take 
an excellent finish and can be stained evenly, although because of the present 
popularity of its light, natural color, this is not generally desired (16). 
The surface can be filled and holds filler well {22). In Harrar' s tests (11) 
on the scre^ r - holding power of cabinet woods, avodire showed lover values 
than the three other woods cited in table lu 
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