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brocpuffs

18/10/2003 2:37 PM

table of wood hardnesses

http://www.sjs.sd83.bc.ca/subj/wood/hard.htm


Douglas Fir 660
So. Yellow Pine (loblolly & short leaf) 690
So. Yellow Pine (longleaf) 870
Black Cherry 950
Teak 1000
Black Walnut 1010
Heart Pine 1225
Yellow Birch 1260
Red Oak (Northern) 1290
American Beech 1300
Ash 1320
White Oak 1360
Australian Cypress 1375
Hard maple 1450
Wenge 1630
African Pedauk 1725
Hickory/Pecan 1820
Purpleheart 1860
Jarrah 1910
Merbau 1925
Santos Mahogany 2200
Mesquite 2345
Brazilian Cherry 2350


Excellent. Now I'm justified for getting sick of working on some 4'
purpleheart cabinet legs! This doesn't even include grain reversal and
tearout/splintering proneness.

I nominate myself for "Find The Hardest Way To Do Anything" award of
the year

James
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jJ

in reply to brocpuffs on 18/10/2003 2:37 PM

18/10/2003 5:44 PM

What is the point of posting this useless information? Are you simply
exercising your bragging rights? Show off! I hate cocky assholes like
you.



"Life aint nothin' but twinks and chinks!" (Sexy gay young men and
Chinese food!) -JOAT (Jerk-Off All Twinks)

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brocpuffs

in reply to brocpuffs on 18/10/2003 2:37 PM

19/10/2003 12:59 AM

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:06:01 GMT, "Leon"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>James, try working with Ipe. I resaw 5" wide pieces and make small
>intricate items out of it in quantities of 90 to 100 at a time. Look way

Nice list, Leon.

Good cheers to you and your lpe. I'm gonna make everything from balsa
after I finish this frickin' project!

James
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http://[email protected]

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to brocpuffs on 18/10/2003 2:37 PM

19/10/2003 2:03 PM

Yeah.,.. Balsa seems tame enough. ;~)


"brocpuffs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:06:01 GMT, "Leon"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >James, try working with Ipe. I resaw 5" wide pieces and make small
> >intricate items out of it in quantities of 90 to 100 at a time. Look way
>
> Nice list, Leon.
>
> Good cheers to you and your lpe. I'm gonna make everything from balsa
> after I finish this frickin' project!
>
> James
> [email protected]
> http://[email protected]
>

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to brocpuffs on 18/10/2003 2:37 PM

18/10/2003 9:06 PM

James, try working with Ipe. I resaw 5" wide pieces and make small
intricate items out of it in quantities of 90 to 100 at a time. Look way
down the list. You would love Purlpeheart after an afternoon with Ipe...
;~)


Balsa: 75
Jellotung: 350
White Pine: 380
Basswood: 410
Redwood: 420
Red Cedar: 506
Sitka Spruce: 510
Poplar: 540
Alder: 590
Douglas fir: 660
Yellow Pine: 690
Camphor: 726
Maple, China: 760
Honduras Mahogany: 800
Lacewood: 840
African Mahogany: 845
Cherry: 950
Black Walnut: 1010
Mountain Ash: 1080
Yellow Birch: 1260
Red Oak: 1290
American Beech: 1300
Ash: 1320
White Oak: 1360
Bamboo: 1450
Hard Maple: 1450
Sapele: 1500
Zebrawood: 1575
Wenge: 1630
Padauk: 1725
Hickory/Pecan: 1820
Bolivian Rosewood: 1820
Yellowheart: 1820
Purpleheart: 1860
Jarrah: 1910
Bubinga: 1980
Goncalo Alves: 2160
Tigerwood: 2160
Canalete: 2200
Ivory: 2345
Mesquite: 2345
Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba) 2350
Cocobolo: 2720
Bloodwood: 2900
Rosewood: 3170
Teak, Brazilian: 3450
Ipe (Ironwood): 3670
Ebony, Brazilian: 3692
Lignum Vitae: 4500

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in reply to brocpuffs on 18/10/2003 2:37 PM

19/10/2003 12:00 PM

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brocpuffs

in reply to brocpuffs on 18/10/2003 2:37 PM

19/10/2003 12:57 AM

On 18 Oct 2003 17:44:59 -0700, [email protected] (JOAT) wrote:

>What is the point of posting this useless information? Are you simply
>exercising your bragging rights? Show off! I hate cocky assholes like
>you.
>
>
>
>"Life aint nothin' but twinks and chinks!" (Sexy gay young men and
>Chinese food!) -JOAT (Jerk-Off All Twinks)

Twinkletoes, Twinkletoes, JOAT you are not, I know..

Jimself
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