Understanding wood
a craftsman's guide to wood technology
by R. Bruce Hoadley · first published 2000
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"Understanding Wood is updated to include new information on composite materials, adhesives, and finishes developed in the past 20 years. R. Bruce Hoadley explores the nature of wood and its properties, the basics of wood technology, and the woodworker's raw materials. You'll learn the best ways to cut, season, machine, join, bend, fasten, and finish wood, and explore the crucial interaction of wood and moisture. You'll also find the latest on wood products and where to buy them."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Wood Book that’s part of this site was a huge help to me when I did my woodworking tech projects. The best wood book, IMO (and others in this thread) is Understanding Wood. That book is next level and is my go to for any wood reference or question. If anybody is interested in what it takes to CNC a lot of mahogany and rosewood into a shippable tech product, I wrote up…
on “The Wood Database” ↗…oil would offer some water protection because of the oil but they don't. Better than wax or nothing but much worse than varnishes. This is a table from a book on my shelf by Bob Flexner on the subject, Understanding Wood Finishes. It's a good reference https://imgur.com/a/TzacsLs
Why is that? Sap content? I just started reading Hoadley's "Understanding Wood" [0], which has gotten me interested in wood's characteristics. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561583588/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
on “Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy” ↗…(anything delicate, or with staked construction such as Windsor chairs, basically stuff which needs to bend some under use) is preferable. I'd need to break out my [Hoadley](https://www.tauntonstore.com/understanding-wood-2nd-edition-...) to confirm, but my belief is that you are trading modulus of elasticity for modulus of rupture.
on “Old vs. new growth trees and the wood products they make” ↗