Actually, no, it's a very very very well thought out resource that has references to where the research comes from and citations for it's data. It may come as

Actually, no, it's a very very very well thought out resource that has references to where the research comes from and citations for it's data. It may come as a surprise, but this really is engineering. People have been studying wood as an engineering material for a very long time, and there are a large number of published studies on pretty much anything you can think of from drying rates to density to you name it. Take a look at https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/publications/several_pubs.php?grouping_id=100&header_id=p https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/publications/several_pubs...