Description

Meranti is a fabricated marine grade ply used in variety of marine carpentry applications from sailboats to yachts.  The product has been gaining popularity with south Florida boatbuilders in recent years as a less expensive alternative to Okoume plywood.

About Meranti Wood

Meranti wood is often known commercially as Philippine Mahogany.  Generally, the trees that supply the timber for Philippine Mahogany lumber and Meranti plywood belong to the huge plant family called Dipterocarpaceae. Within that family, the Shorea species has five distinct, commercially important trees that are collectively named Meranti.

As veneer, much of it becomes plywood, plywood paneling, cabinets, and hollow-core doors. In lumber form, Meranti is worked into light structural framing, moldings and trim, and low-cost furniture.

Light-red and dark-red Meranti produce medium-to-coarse textured wood that ranges in color from pale pink to brown and reddish-brown. The grain may be slightly interlocked.

For machining tips about Meranti lumber, Wood Magazine’s Article on machining meranti.