Curupay/Cebil woodworking question

I haven’t worked with it but I see a janka hardness of 3600 and you know it’s gonna fight you a bit. Here’s what wood database says:

Workability: Generally hard to work with on account of its irregular grain and high density. Cebil also has a pronounced blunting effect on cutters. Turns well.

Thanks LiveEdge.
It’s a heavy piece of wood and I guess I will need to sharpen frequently. I am going to try it.

-- Wisconsin Wildcat

I have used it a good while back…sometime in the early 1980’s I made a queen size four poster bed out of curupay for someone and it was definitely a hard and dense wood. It made it through the flooding of hurricane Katrina back in 2005 and I ended up getting the footboard back and converted it into a table.

It works well and takes a very good finish as any hard wood will do. With sharp tools and patience you can definitely create some good looking pieces of work

Thanks for your input Greg. The piece I have is small, but the grain and color are nice.

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