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Janka hardness, strength and identification guides that explain how common and exotic wood species compare.
Quick answer: Exotic woods are imported species, many of them tropical, valued for colors, figure and hardness that domestic woods like oak and maple rarely match. Popular types include bloodwood, bocote, bubinga, canarywood, cocobolo, padauk, purpleheart and zebrawood. They cost…
Quick answer: Hickory, hard maple and quartersawn white oak are the strongest common furniture woods. Hickory absorbs impacts best, hard maple resists daily wear best, and white oak balances hardness with stability. For load-bearing frames and joinery, solid hardwood is…
Quick answer: The hardest wood in the world is Australian buloke at about 5,060 lbf on the Janka scale, followed by lignum vitae, cumaru, ipe and brown ebony. These ultra-hard woods suit flooring, decking and tool handles, but they are…
Quick answer: To compare wood boards for strength, use the right metric: modulus of elasticity (MOE) for stiffness and sag, modulus of rupture (MOR) for bending strength, compression strength for posts, and Janka hardness only for dent resistance. Thickness changes…
Quick answer: To identify a wood type, first check whether it is solid wood or veneer, then compare color, grain and figure, look at the end grain with a hand lens to see the pore pattern, and test its weight…
