1/2" Afromosia PRE-CUT Thin Boards, Accent Strips (Choose Your Size)
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1/2" Pre-Cut Lumber Pack – Choose Your Size
Skip the milling and get straight to building. These 1/2" thick pre-cut boards are surfaced smooth and square on all four sides, giving you clean, ready-to-use material the moment it arrives in your shop. No jointing, planing, or edge work required—just cut to length, glue up, or start assembling.
Each pack is designed around flexible size options, so you can choose the board count, width, and length that best fits your project. Whether you’re batching out small parts, building boxes, crafting cutting boards, making drawer components, or working on detailed hobby projects, you get consistent, predictable stock that saves time and reduces waste.
Why woodworkers love pre-cut packs
Ready to use: Smooth faces and straight edges mean less prep work and more build time.
Consistent thickness: Uniform 1/2" stock is ideal for panels, frames, drawer parts, and laminations.
Project flexibility: Multiple width and length choices let you match the material to your cut list.
Cleaner glue-ups: Square edges and flat faces improve joint quality and alignment.
Shop efficiency: Perfect for small shops, classrooms, and makers who want to avoid milling thin stock.
This is the easy button for thin lumber—reliable, clean, and sized for real projects. Just pick your dimensions, unpack, and start making.
| Nominal Thickness | 1/2", S2S |
| Actual Thickness | 1/2" |
| Width | 1-3/4" or 3-1/2" |
| Length | 12", 24", 36" |
| Brand | Woodworkers Source |
| Grade | Select & Better (more info) |
| Size | Nominally known as 1/2x4 lumber. Actual size is slightly smaller. |
Wood Species Guide
About Afrormosia
Pericopsis elata Grows in Africa
Native Range
Africa
West Africa, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Congo
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Workability
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Difficult
Texture
Fine
Coarse
Finishing
Easy
Difficult
Color Range
Brownish yellow with darker streaks, or crimson-brown with bands of golden brown.
About the Tree
The unbuttressed trees attain heights of 160 feet (49 m). Boles are usually straight and are clear for about 100 feet (30 m). Trunk diameters can be 48 to 60 inches.
Other Names
Afromosia, Assamela, Baracara, Bohala, Jatobahy do igapo, Kokriki, Kokrodua, Mekoe, Mohole, Obang, Ole, Olel Pardo, Peonio, Tento
Common Uses
Boat building, decorative veneer, desks, cabinetry and flooring.
What Does The Janka Hardness Rating Mean?
The Janka hardness test is the international standard for measuring the resistance of a sample of wood to denting and wear.
It's expressed in psi, or pounds-per-square-inch. The test measures the pressure required to embed an 11.28mm (.444 in) diameter steel ball into wood to half the ball's diameter. The measurement was developed to determine whether a species is suitable for use as flooring; however, we include it here and compare it to the rating of red oak to help you make a buying choice.
There is a difference between hardness and being difficult to work with. Generally speaking, the harder the wood the easier it is to finish and polish. Harder woods create good, solid long-lasting joinery in furniture.
The hardness of wood varies with the direction of the wood grain, and varies from piece to piece. So a Janka rating is an average of numerous tests performed on all directions and numerous pieces. Use the Janka hardness rating as guide, not a definitive answer.
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