i cant find a table of shore D hardness values for different species of wood. there only seem to be Janka tables. anyone got a shore D table out there?
I don't think there is one. This type of test probably is not as accurate as the Janka test because the tip of the probe is pointed and can be lower if it lands in a pore and higher of it is elsewhere. The Janka test uses an 11mm steel ball that gets a broader idea of the hardness. That doesn't mean that the Shore D durometer isn't useful. You can take multiple readings and get an average or take the median.
i cant find a table of shore D hardness values for different species of wood. there only seem to be Janka tables. anyone got a shore D table out there?
I don't think there is one. This type of test probably is not as accurate as the Janka test because the tip of the probe is pointed and can be lower if it lands in a pore and higher of it is elsewhere. The Janka test uses an 11mm steel ball that gets a broader idea of the hardness. That doesn't mean that the Shore D durometer isn't useful. You can take multiple readings and get an average or take the median.