Calculate Weight of Wood

[Kent Adams]

Does anyone know the formula for calculating the weight of wood? I have a 1.75 inch thick hard maple workbench top that is 30" x 72".

[Mark Blatter]

Does anyone know the formula for calculating the weight of wood? I have a 1.75 inch thick hard maple workbench top that is 30" x 72".


Here is a web page that provides the average weight of dried wood.

http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/hard-maple/

For maple it is 44 lbs per cubic foot, or 1728 cubic inches. Your bench is 3780, or 2.18 cubic feet. It should weight about 96 lbs without finish, unless I messed up my math.

[Jim Finn]

I needed to know how much cedar I could haul in my pick-up so I did a search on line to find the weight of it per board foot. Got my answer and got my wood home from the sawmill. Internet works well.

[Kent Adams]

Thanks Mark, that is what I got as well. I was surprised it wasn't heavier than that.