BTW, if you look at the chart carefully, you see that he has separated the Monokote weights by "opaque" and "transparent orange". You'll notice there is an appreciable weight difference. Almost half an ounce per yard.

Earlier charts listed many more individual colors. And showed that the color mattered significantly. I showed the chart at the field and almost immediately one of the guys who likes one brand and hate the other went off like a roman candle. Seems he saw a difference in weight between Monokote and Ultracote but didn't understand that the only listings were of different colors. And they aren't a reliable indication of the weight ranges of either brand.

So don't read more into the chart than is there. It's an excellent thing to have, but it's not complete. Aberle is one of the few really excellent "information providers" we have left, and I'd bet big money he would have preferred to offer a more complete chart. But I'm sure he just didn't have the time. You know, the MA magazine is almost worth getting just for his articles and column. Heck, forget "almost"..... it is for sure.