Woodworker’s Guide to Wood (Back to Basics) [EPUB ebook] 
Straight Talk for Today’s Woodworker

The practical information in this shop-tested manual gives woodworkers everything they need to know about their favorite material: wood. Woodworkers will learn how wood behaves in response to atmospheric humidity, how to measure its moisture content, how to shop for wood, how to manage various lumber grades and defects, how to work with manufactured boards and veneers, and how to harvest and season their own wood. Several woodworking projects are also detailed in this guide, including how to build a solar kiln to season wood and how to build storage racks. An extensive listing of wood species with working properties and full-color photos helps woodworkers save money on their next project by choosing the appropriate species and grade of wood.

Table des matières

*Understanding wood *Softwoods and hardwoods *How wood is harvested and processed into boards *Reading wood grain and figure *Identifying wood species *Milling your own wood *Selecting wood at the lumber yard *Ordering wood from a specialty dealer *Calculating how much wood you need *Saving money by understanding wood grades *Working with wood defects *Preparing raw boards for woodworking *Choosing and using veneers *Understanding plywood grades *Working with plywood and other man-made boards *Measuring moisture content of wood *Building a solar kiln to season your own wood *Building racks for storing wood *Working with green wood *Wood directory

A propos de l’auteur

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.