Wood Materials and Uses

Comments discuss the properties, quality, advantages, and drawbacks of wood for construction, furniture, and woodworking, including comparisons to engineered alternatives and debates on reusability and density.

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seper8 Jul 11, 2023 View on HN

how about wood used for construction...

dym_sh Jan 16, 2022 View on HN

Re-consider wood-working instead.

CalRobert Oct 19, 2023 View on HN

Which is a good reason to use wood.

stjohnswarts Aug 3, 2023 View on HN

wood quality is quite variable so it's to be expected.

hallmark Nov 21, 2010 View on HN

Wouldn't woodworking require real wood?

thinkcontext Sep 11, 2018 View on HN

Wood is not dense enough for this to be cost effective.

tryingagainbro Nov 2, 2017 View on HN

It's still wood, granted full of glues and chemicals.

rektide Feb 16, 2022 View on HN

looks material intensive? a lot of wood.

embedded_hiker Mar 9, 2023 View on HN

They are, if they are made out of wood.

dec0dedab0de Sep 10, 2025 View on HN

maybe they used the wood to make something else