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Don Case

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Tension/Compression wood
« on: August 31, 2013, 01:22:24 pm »
Is there any way to tell if a wood is good in tension or compression or is it just an experience/ask somebody thing?
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Offline bushboy

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Re: Tension/Compression wood
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2013, 01:38:14 pm »
Do a bend test,take a thin slat and bend it a bit and watch how it recoils,if it springs back fairly straight it's good in compression.if you can bend it to almost 90 degress it tension strong.
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Offline Blaflair2

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Re: Tension/Compression wood
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2013, 01:45:19 pm »
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Offline DavidV

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Re: Tension/Compression wood
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2013, 06:52:03 pm »
So far I haven't found published tension statistics for wood although I can't imagine why it hasn't been tested  ???. Here's an Excel spreadsheet with numbers from the Forest Products Laboratory.
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blackhawk

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Re: Tension/Compression wood
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2013, 07:04:33 pm »
Just use osage and ya don't have to worry about it ;)
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