Identifying Wood: Accurate results with simple tools

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Is that maple, spruce, pine? These two books look really helpful - Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools by Bruce Hoadley - [via] Link & also by the same author, Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology - Link.


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Posted by: plaster on May 16, 2007 at 5:53 AM

No. 1: The larch.

The larch.

The larch.


Posted by: RussNelson on May 16, 2007 at 10:58 AM

ZOMG! Hoadley is the ultimate source for gaining an understanding of wood. If you put wood into any of your projets, you MUST read Hoadley's books.


Posted by: super_J_dynamite on May 16, 2007 at 2:19 PM

Oh how this cover begs to be photoshopped.


Posted by: dugnorth on May 21, 2007 at 4:40 PM

Despite this comical cover, Hoadley's Understanding Wood really is a very good book -- essential reading for the serious woodworker.

I keep my copy close to Bob Flexner's book Understanding Wood Finishing. Another essential book for woodworkers.


Posted by: Neil Scheidt on March 6, 2008 at 6:19 PM

This book does not lack in quality of information but as a book to be used regularly for reference the quality is very poor. After only a few weeks of normal use the pages began seperating from the bindigs.


Posted by: Neil Scheidt on March 6, 2008 at 6:21 PM

This book does not lack in quality of information but as a book to be used regularly for reference the quality is very poor. After only a few weeks of normal use the pages began seperating from the bindings.


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