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Bookmark or Share- Top Ten Hardest Woods | The Wood DatabaseHonorable mentions: Leadwood (3,570 lb f), Brown Ebony (3,590 lb f), Ipe (3,510 lbf), Mopane (3,390 lbf), Burmese Blackwood (3,350 lbf), Kingwood (3,340 lbf). Other notes: Hardness listings are for woods at a dried weight of 12% moisture content. There are a handful of obscure shrubs and small trees that yield wood which can be extremely hard.
- Janka Hardness | The Wood DatabaseFor reference, white oak has a Janka hardness of 1,350 lb f (5,990 N), while the super-hard lignum vitae has a hardness of an astounding 4,390 lb f (19,510 N). (Who could imagine a wood species that is over three times harder than white oak?) On the lower end of the spectrum, basswood has a hardness of around 410 lb f (1,820 N).
- Top 20 Hardest Wood In The World (Based On Janka Hardness) - WoodWorkinglyAustralian Buloke is considered the hardest wood in the world and complicated to work with. In our below list, we have only considered woods that are easy to carve and are readily available in the market. 1. Brazillian Cherry (2350) One of the most well-liked kinds of exotic hardwood is Brazilian Cherry, sometimes called Jatoba.
- Janka Hardness Scale Explained (Complete Wood Ratings)Hardwood lumber comes from deciduous trees which end up losing their leaves every year and have a high Janka hardness rating of over 1000 N. Softwood lumber is harvested from conifer trees which usually remain evergreen throughout the year and have a Janka hardness rating of under 1000 N.
- What Is the Janka Wood Hardness Scale? | The Family HandymanWhat Is the Janka Hardness Scale? The Janka scale, simply put, records the density of wood by testing its resistance to denting. The test measures the force required to embed a .444-inch (11.28mm) diameter steel ball halfway into a piece of wood.
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