Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology
R. Bruce Hoadley
Bruce Hoadley's classic guide is here updated with new information about adhesives, composite materials, and finishes, along with several hundred new photographs. If you want to understand why wood behaves as it does, as well as what you can do about it, you need this excellent book. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part One: THE NATURE OF WOOD & ITS PROPERTIES 1. THE NATURE OF WOOD Growth Rings Grain Sapwood & Heartwood Structural Arrangement of Growth Rings & Rays Density & Specific Gravity Systematic Classification Cellular Structure Softwoods Hardwoods 2. FIGURE IN WOOD Knots Abnormal Wood Fungi Insect Damage 3. WOOD IDENTIFICATION What to Look for Physical Properties Identification Techniques Macrophotographs 4. STRENGTH OF WOOD Compression Parallel to the Grain Compression Perpendicular to the Grain Tension Perpendicular to the Grain Tension Parallel to the Grain Shear Perpendicular to the Grain Shear Parallel to the Grain Bending Theory The Carrying Capacity & Stiffness of Beams Factors Affecting Strength Properties Compression Failures & Brashness Structural Grades 5. OTHER PROPERTIES OF WOOD Thermal Conductivity Effect of Temperature on Wood Burning of Wood Fluorescence Psychological Properties 6. WATER & WOOD Free Water & Bound Water Equilibrium Moisture Content Green vs. Air-Dried vs. Kiln-Dried Dimensional Change in Wood Estimating Shrinkage & Swelling Uneven Shrinkage & Swelling Part two: BASICS OF WOOD TECHNOLOGY 7. COPING WITH DIMENSIONAL CHANGE IN WOOD Preshrinking Control of Moisture Absorption Mechanical Restraint Chemical Stabilization Design Monitoring Moisture The Moisture "Widget" 8. DRYING WOOD How Wood Dries The Dry Kiln Drying Your Own Wood Storing Lumber 9. MACHINING & BENDING WOOD Machining Wood Bending Solid Wood 10. JOINING WOOD The Elements of Joints Basic Types of Joints Worked Joints Fastened Joints 11. ADHESIVES & GLUING Adhesive Joints Gluing Fundamentals 12. FINISHING & PROTECTING WOOD Surface Condition No Treatment Coating Treatments Penetrating Finishes Combinations & Compromise Slowing Moisture Exchange Evaluation of Finished Surfaces Preservative Treatment of Wood Part three: THE WOODWORKER'S RAW MATERIALS 13. LUMBER Lumber Measure Lumber Classification & Grading 14. VENEER & PLYWOOD Plywood Classes of Plywood 15. COMPOSITE PANELS Particleboard Wafer- & Strand-Based Panels Fiber-Based Panels 16. ENGINEERED WOOD Finger-Jointed Lumber Glulam Structural Composite Lumber I-Joists 17. FINDING WOOD Trees Recycling Used Wood Local Sawmills Lumberyards The Woodworkers' Retail Outlets Industrial Arts Teachers Magazines Specialty Woods The Yellow Pages & Other Listings Internet Lumbermen Afterword: Forests Past & Future Appendix 1: Commercial Names for Lumber Appendix 2: Finding the Specific Gravity of Wood Glossary Bibliography
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