On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:27:26 GMT, "dalecue"
wrote:


Andrew Barss wrote in message ...
Bill Day wrote:


Desert Ironwood is the 2nd heaviest/densest wood that
: grows in N. America, but it is worth almost any amount of trouble when
: you hit that special piece with the wild goldsand brown swirls.
: Have fun!

What is the #1 densest? Persimmon?

off hand, I would gyess Osage Orange

Dalenow I gotta' look it up



And to the OP, wear really good lung proterction -- I've heard this stuff
is really, really nasty on the breathing system.

-- Andy Barss


no, the densest is from Florida....sometimes called
"Leadwood"...selected samples of the heartwood are as dense as any
wood in the world. It seems to vary according to growing conditions
http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Black_ironwood/blaciron.htm