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Good quality wood has very good bending strength for mass. The structure just needs some depth, like there is here. That's what trees evolved for.
by Gravityloss 6y ago
Good quality wood has very good bending strength for mass. The structure just needs some depth, like there is here.
That's what trees evolved for.
- snypher 6y agoBy depth, do you mean cross bracing? Any discussion about lumber strength is beside the point, the fasteners will pull out as soon as it goes sideways.
- Gravityloss 6y agoBy depth I meant thickness. But thickness sideways doesn't help nearly as much as thickness in the vertical direction. A beam with a bending load like here can crack from the bending at the middle for example. The fasteners at the ends are not necessarily the limit. It's different for pure compression or tension, there the fastener area sees higher load.