Purpleheart

PUR10102 - Purpleheart - 10 x 10 x 2
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Product Description

Purple Heart is hard, dense and heavy with high crushing, stiffness and bending strengths, a moderate steam-bending rating and medium resistance to shock loads.

It is difficult to work by hand, and machining is moderately difficult. The blunting effect on cutters is moderate to severe. Slow feed rates and reduced cutting angle are advised. Blunt cutters will heat the wood and cause resin to exude.

It glues, waxes, stains and polishes well, turns very well, but is not easy to sand. Spirit finishes tend to remove the purple colour; lacquer retains it.

Please note, the image is an example of what you could create with Purpleheart wood.

Purpleheart wood blanks are available in squares, rounds and spindles. All sizes are listed in inches unless stated otherwise.

Sample turned by Paul Denial

Customer Reviews

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"I bought a couple of spindle blanks this time around, American Black Walnut and Purpleheart. Both pieces were great quality wood but unfortunately, the Purpleheart blank was lacking in colour and whilst this wood tends to start out brown but turns purple after a few days of machining, this particular blank is only giving the slightest hint of purple after two days. Please note that this is not the fault of Turners Retreat as wood is wood and no two pieces behave the same and this was just a piece not destined to give the vibrant colour we associate with Purpleheart. A piece of it has already produced a beautiful project but just not as "purple" as I would have liked. There's wood for you! In the past I have had Turners Retreat phone me to say they have the wood I had ordered but there are defects which they have explained to me before asking if I wish them to despatch it. Can't ask for better customer service than that. "
Star Rating 5
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"Great wood! Very tough and durable. Would definitely get it again."
Star Rating 5
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"Great blank"
Star Rating 5
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"Love to use this wood, I would have liked a larger piece but alas it wasn't. in stock not to worry this is great to work with, order and delivery was spot on"
Star Rating 5
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"Gorgeous colours"
Star Rating 5
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"i find this firm good if there short of something im phoned i alter the order no problem i cant fault them one of the better turning shops brilliant ."
Star Rating 5
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"In stock at present"
Star Rating 5
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"Excellent service as usual, speedy delivery and well packaged. The item was advertised as 8 x 8 x 2 so I expected a square block so one star dropped for sending as circular blank. It was still fine for what I needed. "
Star Rating 4
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"the purpleheart I got was a little big as you did not have the smaller size I needed at that time so I had to cut it down a bit and was fine in the end ."
Star Rating 5
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