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Re: Strip: Petrel pics

By:Roger Turgeon
Date: 11/18/2010, 11:12 pm

In Response To: Re: Strip: Petrel pics (Dan Caouette (CSFW))

By comparison, if I recall correctly, Western Red Cedar has a specific gravity of aobut .3 or .31, so Nogal is about 66% heavier. Beautiful wood.

Roger Turgeon
Orr's Island, ME

: Check out the wood database. There's tons of information.
: http://www.wood-database.com/wood-identification/

: Juglans spp.: Peruvian Walnut, Nogal (Spanish for Walnut),
: Average Dried Weight: 38 lbs/ft3 (610 kg/m3)
: Basic Specific Gravity: .50

: Juglans nigra: Black Walnut
: Average Dried Weight: 41 lbs/ft3 (655 kg/m3)
: Basic Specific Gravity: .51

: Weight-wise it should be very similar to it's North American
: cousin.

Strip: Petrel pics *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:03 pm

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Scott Fitzgerrell -- 11/17/2010, 3:54 pm

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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/17/2010, 6:31 pm

Re: Strip: Petrel pics
Roger Turgeon -- 11/18/2010, 11:12 pm

Specific Gravities for Various Woods
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/19/2010, 8:12 am

Re: Specific Gravities for Various Woods
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/19/2010, 7:08 pm

Re: Strip: Petrel pics
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 12:48 am

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