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Product Weights
Lumber & Panel Weights
The two charts below provide pound-per-square foot weights for a variety of rough lumber species and structural panels including plywood, MDF, particle board and melamine.
Lumber Weights | |||||||||
Rough Lumber Species | Pounds per Board Foot | ||||||||
Alder (15/16″) | 2.15 | ||||||||
Ash | 3.10 | ||||||||
Basswood | 2.20 | ||||||||
Beech | 3.85 | ||||||||
Yellow or White Birch | 3.70 | ||||||||
Aromatic Cedar | 2.80 | ||||||||
Spanish Cedar | 2.75 | ||||||||
Cherry | 3.30 | ||||||||
Cypress | 2.80 | ||||||||
Douglas Fir | 3.00 | ||||||||
Hickory or Pecan | 4.25 | ||||||||
Lyptus | 4.40 | ||||||||
Mahogany | 3.45 | ||||||||
Hard Maple | 3.80 | ||||||||
Pacific Maple | 3.00 | ||||||||
Soft Maple | 3.30 | ||||||||
Red Oak | 4.00 | ||||||||
White Oak | 4.10 | ||||||||
Eastern White Pine | 2.70 | ||||||||
Ponderosa Pine | 2.67 | ||||||||
Southern Yellow Pine | 3.27 | ||||||||
Poplar | 2.90 | ||||||||
Sapele | 3.85 | ||||||||
Walnut | 3.50 |
Panel Weights | |||||||||
Pounds per Square Foot | 1/8″ or 2.6mm | 1/4″ or 5.2mm | 3/8″ or 9mm | 1/2″ or 12mm | 5/8″ or 15mm | 3/4″ or 18mm | 1″ or 25mm | 1-1/8″ | 1-1/4″ |
Domestic Hardwood VC and Bending Plywood | 0.42 | 0.85 | 1.25 | 1.63 | 2.00 | 2.47 | 3.28 | 3.70 | 4.15 |
Domestic Hardwood MDF and MDF Core Melamine | 1.15 | 1.75 | 2.19 | 2.70 | 3.13 | 4.35 | 4.90 | 5.45 | |
Medium Density Fiberboard (Langboard, Holly Hill, Plum Creek, Uniboard, etc.) | 1.10 | 1.72 | 2.16 | 2.66 | 3.20 | 4.30 | 4.85 | 5.40 | |
Trupan Ultra Light MDF | 2.00 | 2.50 | |||||||
Particle Board | 1.15 | 1.75 | 2.25 | 2.82 | 3.44 | 4.38 | 5.00 | 5.55 | |
Particle Board Core Melamine and Domestic Hardwood Panels | 1.35 | 1.80 | 2.32 | 2.92 | 3.50 | 4.85 | 5.53 | 6.20 | |
Import Hardwood VC | 0.33 | 0.63 | 0.94 | 1.22 | 1.79 | 2.16 | 2.80 | ||
Liner Panels with Import VC | 0.52 | 0.82 | 1.13 | 1.41 | 1.98 | 2.38 | 3.00 | ||
Fir VC Panels | 0.41 | 0.82 | 1.22 | 1.79 | 2.16 | 2.80 | |||
Russian Birch | 0.44 | 1.04 | 1.32 | 2.06 | 2.25 | 3.02 | 4.05 |