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0 pointsjaggederest1y ago0 comments

The other important property that wood shares with modern manmade composites is that it is anisotropic - i.e., it is stronger in some directions of force than others. You can use bodyweight to snap a short grain board that would, if it were long grain, hold up under a ton or more.

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fifticon1y ago

note when you make OSB2 and OSB3, you to some degree can make up for this(?)

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0 pointsjaggederest1y ago0 comments

The other important property that wood shares with modern manmade composites is that it is anisotropic - i.e., it is stronger in some directions of force than others. You can use bodyweight to snap a short grain board that would, if it were long grain, hold up under a ton or more.

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fifticon1y ago

note when you make OSB2 and OSB3, you to some degree can make up for this(?)

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse