Wood Data

Learn how heartwood decay resistance ratings guide wood selection for outdoor epoxy patio tables, including sapwood limits and climate caveats.

Rank hardwoods by modulus of rupture at 12% moisture content and see how bending strength vs. stiffness impacts tables, desks, and benches.

Discover hardwood stiffness rankings by modulus of elasticity at 12% MC and learn why epoxy river tables require stiff timber to prevent tabletop sag.

Rank softwoods for epoxy river tables by side hardness. Compare Douglas-fir, pine, cedar, and redwood for dent resistance and stability.

Compare plainsawn and quartersawn slabs for epoxy tables using USDA Wood Handbook data on ring orientation, cupping, and bondline movement.

Rank hardwoods by tangential shrinkage and learn how wood movement across flatsawn slabs causes cracks and bondline gaps along epoxy rivers.

Compare hardwood compression strength perpendicular to grain and side hardness to protect custom wood and epoxy tabletops from crushing and denting.

Rank hardwoods by specific gravity at 12% MC to understand table weight and surface hardness before building your next custom epoxy river table.

Rank imported hardwoods by tangential shrinkage using USDA Table 4-4 data to find the most dimensionally stable species for custom epoxy tables.

Learn how imported hardwood tangential-to-radial shrinkage ratios and total movement affect cupping and shear stress in custom epoxy river tables.