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Re: Specific Gravities for Various Woods
By:Joe Whitman
Date: 11/19/2010, 6:58 pm
In Response To: Specific Gravities for Various Woods (Dan Caouette (CSFW))

I guess on paper it is heavier than I would have thought. The boards I bought were significantly lighter than most hardwoods I have worked with in the past, just comparing boards at the lumber store. It felt like a feather next to paduk. Like some have said prety close to mahogany.

: 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

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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
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Roger Turgeon -- 11/18/2010, 11:12 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/19/2010, 8:12 am
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Joe Whitman -- 11/19/2010, 6:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/20/2010, 1:22 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/19/2010, 7:08 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 12:48 am
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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
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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