Wood Hardness Help?

[cmcfalls]

Does anyone have a wood hardness table? I need to know the hardness of some woods for a project that is non-pen related, thought I think it would be greatly helpful to pen turners as well. Anyone? I tried searching the forums and google, but all the hardness information I can find is related to hardwood flooring. I assume this is the same as if the wood were whole, but I wasn't for sure. Thanks!

 

[Dario]

Search for "janka hardness"

http://www.sizes.com/units/janka.htm

 

[cmcfalls]

for the life of me I couldn't remember the name of that test. Thanks!

 

[stevers]

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[Rifleman1776]

Interesting chart but not really any big revelations. All are about what we know intuitively without assigning a number value. Dissapointed that the test on Osage Orange was with green wood. I would like to see where it rates when dry, or even several years old.

 

[wpenm]

Frank, it rates hard as a rock when several years old.[] Nail bending hard.

But then you knew that! []

 

[Dario]

Maybe not fully cured but I wouldn't say green wood exactly since they are supposed to be all tested at 12% moisture content.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Originally posted by wpenm
<br />Frank, it rates hard as a rock when several years old.[] Nail bending hard.

But then you knew that! []

Yeppers, sure did. The first thing I ever turned was a hunk of OO that had been laying on the ground for years. It was supposed to be a nice gavel. It ended up as an ugly, but useful, mallet in my shop. Harder than a bankers heart.

 

[RussFairfield]

Take a look at this site. They have a chart that gives hardness and other characteristics, and a comparison with Red Oak for all of the species in their inventory. It might not be easy to use, but all of the information is there.

http://www.woodworkerssource.net/Merchant3/merchant.mv?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=WS