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		saiya-jin on Feb 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens Nah, wooden stuff usually has thicker walls/everything, usually weighting significantly more. I guess we compare some old wooden furniture with similarly designed ikea particle board one. If its 1:1 then yes particle board should weight a bit more.

souprock on Feb 16, 2021 [–]

Well, let's do this right.

Make plywood with the middle being balsa, and the surface being lignum vitae.

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