Some quick numbers from a recent study: Transparent wood tensile strength - 171 MPa Basswood tensile strength - 2.4 MPa PMMA plastic - 75 MPa *Edit - Non-tr

Some quick numbers from a recent study: Transparent wood tensile strength - 171 MPa Basswood tensile strength - 2.4 MPa PMMA plastic - 75 MPa *Edit - Non-transparent densified wood - 398 MPa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359835X1830472X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13598... https://designerdata.nl/materials/plastics/thermo-plastics/poly(methyl-methacrylate) https://designerdata.nl/materials/plastics/thermo-plastics/p... https://www.matweb.com/search/datasheet.aspx?matguid=1775e2148e704fd0b10d2c8af6c3efb7&n=1&ckck=1 https://www.matweb.com/search/datasheet.aspx?matguid=1775e21... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35807412/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35807412/