Brazilian Walnut 50×150×600 Sawn Timber

Imbuia (Brazilian Walnut) sawn board, 50×150×600mm. Dense, fragrant Brazilian hardwood with chocolate-brown heartwood and caramel streaks. Heavier through the section than the everyday mahogany trade. Suited to instrument components, box work, carving stock, and decorative joinery. From our oldest Brazilian stock. Ships Australia-wide.

One of the most distinctive-smelling cabinet timbers in the catalogue

Imbuia (Ocotea porosa), also called Brazilian Walnut, milled at a usable sawn section. A dense southern-Brazilian hardwood with chocolate-brown heartwood, caramel streaks, and a warm spicy scent when worked. Heavier through the section than the everyday mahogany trade, with grain that ranges from straight to softly wavy depending on the cut.

From our oldest Brazilian stock. Won’t be coming through again at this size.

What you’d make with it at 50×150×600mm

• Instrument fingerboards, bridges, or backs. The section yields multiple of either.
• Small panel and box work. Lids, drawer fronts, jewellery box components where colour and figure are the brief.
• Carving stock and turning blanks. Knife handles, finials, small turned objects.
• Decorative joinery components. Handrail caps, inlay banding (cut down), specialty mouldings.

Working notes

• Density: ~755 kg/m³. Dense, working closer to walnut than mahogany.
• Hardness: ~4.6 kN Janka. Firm under the gouge, holds carved detail well.
• Grain: Straight to wavy, fine texture. Finishes near-glassy with minimal grain fill.
• Surface: Supplied rough-sawn. Dress one face true before marking out.
• Working: Machines cleanly with carbide; carves under sharp gouges. Natural oils suit oil and lacquer finishes.
• Finishing: Oil deepens the chocolate tones. Rustins Danish oil for a hand-rubbed result; nitro or poly work well over a thin sanding-sealer base.

What woodworkers say about it

Imbuia has a long reputation in fine cabinetry and instrument work: denser than mahogany, warmer than walnut, with a colour and figure that carries decorative work without needing a stain. The Brazilian guitar trade in particular has long treated it as a fine-furniture-grade hardwood that happens to work well at instrument scale.

Shipping & Pickup

Ships Australia-wide via Aramex. Pickup from our Mulgrave NSW location Mon–Fri 9am–4pm, Sat 9am–12pm. Call (02) 4577 5277 or email sales@trendtimbers.com.au.

References. Species reference: Ocotea porosa — Wikipedia. Browse more: our Imbuia Brazilian Walnut stock.

Kiln dried and ready to work

All of our timber is kiln dried to Australian standards, so it arrives stable and ready to be worked.

Because timber is a natural product, not all stock is ready to send immediately. Occasionally we need to mill your timber to the size you’ve specified before dispatch.