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RE: R-13 Greenline

Author: Dee
Date: 2001-04-18 23:57

Sylvain wrote:
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>
> The body of a greenline is fine particles of wood "glued"
> together at high temp/pressure to obtain the same properties as
> grenilla wood.

No way will it have the same properties as grenadilla wood. For starters, once you grind the wood and coat it with epoxy and press it, etc. the material will have totally different structural properties. It's strength will be the same in all directions. On the other hand, wood, no matter what kind is several times stronger across the grain than in parallel with the grain. Real wood is also irregular in grain with stong and weak spots. The surface texture will also be quite different due to the epoxy coating the sawdust and the fact that the wood is ground up.

The weight is also different. In the case of the Greenline, it happens to be slightly heavier than the wooden version as I recall reading. But if they wished the makers could play with the density of the material to come up with something lighter.

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