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Specific Gravities for Various Woods
By:Dan Caouette (CSFW)
Date: 11/19/2010, 8:12 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Petrel pics (Roger Turgeon)

: 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.

Yup. Here's a few others:

Northern White Cedar: 0.29
WRC: 0.31
Basswood: 0.32
White Spruce: 0.33
Spanish Cedar : 0.38
Eastern White Pine: 0.39
Cypress: 0.42
Doug Fir: 0.45
Black Cherry: 0.47
Nogal: 0.50
Black Walnut: 0.51
Honduran Mahogany: 0.54
Sapele: 0.55
Hard Maple: 0.56
Ebony: 0.90

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Petrel pics *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:03 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel pics
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 11/17/2010, 3:54 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel pics
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
Joe Whitman -- 11/19/2010, 6:58 pm
Re: Specific Gravities for Various Woods
Bill Hamm -- 11/20/2010, 1:22 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
Re: Strip: Petrel pics
Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 5:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:24 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 11/17/2010, 8:27 pm
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Ian Johnson -- 11/17/2010, 8:51 pm
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Rod Tait -- 11/17/2010, 4:18 pm
Re: Strip: Petrel pics *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:06 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:07 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 11/17/2010, 8:57 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:08 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:10 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 1:14 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 11/17/2010, 1:32 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 11/17/2010, 2:16 pm
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Bob Beaullieu -- 11/17/2010, 2:41 pm