Wood

Andy Rae   How to select, season, and build with any kind of wood This well organized and comprehensive volume on selecting, seasoning, and building with... [read more]

R. Bruce Hoadley   The only way to be sure is to look at end grain through a hand lens, and compare with a sample or... [read more]

Albert J. Constantine   Know Your Woods traces different varieties of lumber from the forest to the sawmill to the craftsman's workshop. Every person interested in... [read more]

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.... [read more]

Herbert Leeson Edlin   40 actual wood veneer samples shows the color, grain, and texture of the most common varieties. Drawings identify uncut, unfinished trees by... [read more]

Woodworking Magazine Fine   Here's advice on buying, drying and storing wood. Considers the common North American cabinet woods, plus a few exotics. Material on physical... [read more]

Peter Bishop   Basic properties of some of the woods used most widely in the world, with photos in color that show tangential, radial and... [read more]

James H. Flynn,Charles D. Holder   Packed with lore about 279 species of wood. Each wood gets a drawing of the leaves, a photomicrograph of end grain, and... [read more]

Robert Van Pelt,Robert Pelt   The Pacific Coast is where you'll find the tallest and densest forests on earth. This survey describes the 20 largest species, with... [read more]

Heidrun Zinnkann   Here's a reference on more than 30 species of coniferous and deciduous wood that are commonly used by furnituremakers and restorers. There's... [read more]

Sam Sherrill,Samuel B. Sherrill   3 to 4 billion board feet of lumber go into landfills annually in the U.S. Here's how to save some of that... [read more]

Hans Meyer,Dr. Hans Meyer   What you call 'yellow deal' I call 'white pine.' This new edition of a classic reference lists thousands of wood names, cross-referenced... [read more]

Peter Phongphaew   90 exotic woods available for woodworkers that grow in Africa. Along with a photograph of each wood's grain and pattern, there is... [read more]

William H. Brown   This book explains how to cut a log to produce the best yield and best wood features. Timber drying methods include both... [read more]

Sam Benvie   Dip into this book's spectacular color photos and rigorously researched snapshot descriptions to learn all about the growing habits, preferred habitats, identifying... [read more]

Dirk Thomas,Castle, Jr. Freeman   As oil and electricity prices go up, heating with wood becomes a reasonable alternative. Here's how to get the most out of... [read more]

Stewart Hilts,Peter Mitchell,Ann-Ida Beck   Here is a rundown on how to make the most of your wooded property, whether for conservation, income, or timber you can... [read more]

Rick Peters   The more you know about wood, the more success you'll have with it in the shop and the better everything you build... [read more]

William Alexander Lincoln   Full-color face-grain photos show the natural color, grain, and anatomical features of 275 commercial woods. Includes commercial and botanical names, distribution, mechanical... [read more]

The popular Danny Proulx provides plans for building toolboxes and workbenches that are both solid... [read more]

The long-awaited treatise on a master's techniques for turning bowls, vessels and spindles. A well-organized... [read more]

Here are three of Taunton's excellent reference volumes that provide overviews as well as details... [read more]

How to select, season, and build with any kind of wood This well organized and comprehensive... [read more]