WOOD DENSITY

Wood density is weight per cubic foot.  Due to wood contracting and expanding when it absorbs and loses water, density is a constantly changing measurement.  The importance of this measurement is the relative basis among the different wood species.

Density is a way of determining the ease of working a specific species of wood.  Dense woods are harder to work with and fasten together, but once fastened they hold much better than less dense types of wood. 

* All density statistics above were taken from a calaboration of resources and averaged.  There are all approximate and should only be used for relative comparisons among each other.

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