When I said the dry weight of Sugar Maple was 39.3 lbs/cu ft, I was
citing "dry" weight---that is with negligible (less than 1.5%) moisture
in the wood. Usually the moisture content of wood in furniture in the
Northern U.S. is about 12% by weight. Sooo, the weight becomes 44 lbs/cu
ft at this moisture content. 
--ErvSaws
On Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:27:34 -0500 "GACHASSIN, KRIS" GachassinK@b...
writes:
>Joe, 
>
>According to "General Engineering Handbook" published by McGraw-Hill
>1932, the average weight of Hard Maple is 42 lbs/cuft. It does not
>indicate the moisture content of the wood at that density. I hope 
>this
>helps.
>
>This is a great galoot book. Examples of galoot info:
>
>- barrels of butter, lard, etc. weigh 32 lbs/cuft,
>- wax at 60 lbs/cuft
>- charts for the strength of various timbers oblique to the grain
>- comparison of various glues: animal, casein, vegatable, blood, 
>liquid
>
>Great galoot stuff !
>
>> Hi porch dwellers-
>> Can anybody help with the approximate weight of hard maple (the type
>> that
>> an old butcher block would have been made of) per cubic foot?
>> 
>> Thanks, Joe in NH
>> 
>
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