From the mill
Notes on wood that has to work.
How we specify tropical hardwoods for furniture, outdoor work, flooring, instruments and marine joinery — from the same Selva Maya inventory.
Marine-grade hardwoods for wet work
Dense tropicals for boatbuilding, marine joinery and components that stay in demanding moisture — specified from the same mill list.
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Specifying furniture species from one inventory
Tzalam, mahogany, cedar and the darker Mesoamerican woods — how we match color, movement and machining to indoor furniture.
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Solid hardwood floors built to stay
Varnished exotic floors from the catalog, a lifetime guarantee, and why one reference floor is still in service after 25 years.
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Tonewoods for instruments and artesanos
Mahogany and other resonance woods from the same inventory used for necks, bodies and fine craft — graded for tone, not only grain.
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Outdoor hardwoods that hold the weather
Why dense, rot-resistant tropicals belong on decks, screens and patio furniture — and which catalog species we reach for first.
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From the Selva Maya to the workshop
How one inventory of Mesoamerican hardwoods moves from a managed forest to furniture shops, mills and instrument benches.
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