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August 30, 2024
What does low density wood mean?
Light wood is not weak wood, and softness is not why I carve basswood almost every day. Here are the real numbers, and one puzzle from my bench I still cannot explain.
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In-Depth
August 30, 2024
What is the lowest density wood?
Balsa weighs nine pounds a cubic foot at twelve percent moisture, and the USDA prints about ten pounds for the same tree because it weighs the wood bone dry. Nine species are laid out with both units, and then the reason I choose limewood has nothing to do with weight.
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August 30, 2024
What is the densest wood ever?
Densest wood is not one settled answer. Real numbers, real sources, and what a heavy board does under a gouge. Shall we carve?
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