Thread: Hardwood not hard, softwood not soft! (necessarily)
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Default Hardwood not hard, softwood not soft! (necessarily)
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BAM please reread the OP.

And hardwoods are definitely harder than softwoods. Just cut any hardwood
with a handsaw and you'll see it takes longer than cutting any softwood.

WRONG. Balsa is classified as a hardwood and is very soft, easy to
cut and light.


The truth I have discovered is that softwoods grow faster and less dense and
hardwoods grow slower and denser.

WRONG. Balsa is classified as a hardwood. In 6 to 10 years it can
grow up to 90 feet tall and 45 inches in diameter.

http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/ncientif...s/techbal.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsa_wood


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