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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
It's rather light and edge tools go through with ease. It may be a bit more yellowish than the pictures show, but they're fairly accurate.
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+1 on Lauan. It is usually use for thin plywood underlayment for floors or backing for paneling. Not very pretty and often used as the back panel on cheap furniture, usually with some sort of vinyl veneer on it.
 
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Luan or what I've heard called Monkey Pod I wound up with a slab of it from a table top I salvaged from a lower end table that was dumped. Tried to use a piece for shelf top I was making for something for my wife's school and it was a mother trucker to stain evenly. Still have a chunk of it left will likely only go for a shop project of some sort
 
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Lauan was my first thought also. But you never know. I never saw it anywhere else but on the back of thin plywood.
Where did you get that board?

- James E McIntyre

It was part of a tabletop. Thin particle board surrounded by this stuff. I m just going to use it for a leg on a bench for my sander and drill press. It works super easy.

- AudibleVelvet
I hope you not putting to much weight on it. Lauan is something you should not monkey pod around with.
 
#14 · (Edited by Moderator)
I hope you not putting to much weight on it. Lauan is something you should not monkey pod around with.

- James E McIntyre
What does that mean?

The bottom of this page show the strengths of different Mahoganies. Luan does excellent in compression strength.

Compressive strength tells you how much of a load a wood species can withstand parallel to the grain. How much weight will the legs of a table support before they buckle?

http://workshopcompanion.com/KnowHow/Design/Nature_of_Wood/3_Wood_Strength/3_Wood_Strength.htm
 
#15 ·
I hope you not putting to much weight on it. Lauan is something you should not monkey pod around with.

- James E McIntyre
What does that mean?

The bottom of this page show the strengths of different Mahoganies. Luan does excellent in compression strength.

Compressive strength tells you how much of a load a wood species can withstand parallel to the grain. How much weight will the legs of a table support before they buckle?

http://workshopcompanion.com/KnowHow/Design/Nature_of_Wood/3_Wood_Strength/3_Wood_Strength.htm

- AlaskaGuy
Lauan isn't mahogany. Or at least true mahogany. It would probably work for legs on load bearing tables.
To an extent. Not my first choice for a drill press table.
I would use it for fire wood.
 
#16 · (Edited by Moderator)
Yellow Meranti a.k.a. Lauan, Philippine Mahogany.

- Ripper70
Even though the Link won't work for me, I agree with the diagnosis!

OOPS! It's doing something?

"The wood name Philippine Mahogany is a loose term that applies to a number of wood species coming from southeast Asia. Another common name for this wood is Meranti: while yet another name that is commonly used when referring to plywood made of this type of wood is Lauan. (And even though it's called Philippine Mahogany, it bears no relation to what is considered to be "true" mahogany in the Swietenia and Khaya genera."

OKAY! Thank You!
 
#17 ·
Yellow Meranti a.k.a. Lauan, Philippine Mahogany.

- Ripper70

Even though the Link won t work for me, I agree with the diagnosis!

OOPS! It s doing something?

"The wood name Philippine Mahogany is a loose term that applies to a number of wood species coming from southeast Asia. Another common name for this wood is Meranti: while yet another name that is commonly used when referring to plywood made of this type of wood is Lauan. (And even though it's called Philippine Mahogany, it bears no relation to what is considered to be "true" mahogany in the Swietenia and Khaya genera."

OKAY! Thank You!

- Richard
Amen
 
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#19 ·
I hope you not putting to much weight on it. Lauan is something you should not monkey pod around with.

- James E McIntyre
What does that mean?

If it survives a Chuck Norris karate kick your good to go. Then you can build a table for you 1000 lb drill press out of it.
The bottom of this page show the strengths of different Mahoganies. Luan does excellent in compression strength.

Compressive strength tells you how much of a load a wood species can withstand parallel to the grain. How much weight will the legs of a table support before they buckle?

http://workshopcompanion.com/KnowHow/Design/Nature_of_Wood/3_Wood_Strength/3_Wood_Strength.htm

- AlaskaGuy
 
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