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Tatajuba (Bagassa guianensis)

Tatajuba

Chico Zapote (Pouteria sapota)

Sapodilla

West Indian Satinwood (Zanthoxylum flavum)

West Indian Satinwood

Crack Willow (Salix fragilis)

Crack Willow

Black Willow (Salix nigra)

Black Willow

Black Willow (Salix nigra)

White Willow

Lancewood (Oxandra lanceolata)

Lancewood

Paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa)

Paulownia

Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)

Catalpa

Tambootie (Spirostachys africana)

Tambootie

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General Wood Information

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  • Ebony: Dark Outlook for Dark Woods?
  • How Wood is Formed in Trees
  • Restricted and Endangered Wood Species
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  • The Ten Best Woods You've Never Heard Of
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Identifying Wood

  • The Truth Behind Wood Identification
  • Wood Identification Guide
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  • Common US Hardwoods
  • Fluorescence: A Secret Weapon in Wood Identification


Mechanical Properties:

  • Bow Woods (from a mathematical perspective)
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Safety and Health

  • Wood Allergies and Toxicity
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Separating Specific Woods

  • Ash Wood: Black, White, and Everything in Between
  • Brazilian Rosewood, East Indian, and Other Rosewoods
  • Elm Wood: Hard and Soft
  • Genuine Lignum Vitae and Argentine Lignum Vitae
  • Hard Maple and Soft Maple
  • Mahogany Mixups: the Lowdown
  • Pine Wood: An Overall Guide
  • Poplar, Cottonwood, and Aspen: What's What?
  • Red Oak and White Oak
  • Sorting Out Satinwoods
  • Spruce and Other Lookalikes
  • True Hickory and Pecan Hickory

Reference/For the Shop

  • Fraction and Metric Conversion Chart
  • BOOK: WOOD! Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
  • POSTER: Periodic Table of Wood
  • POSTER: Worldwide Woods: Ranked by Hardness
  • Wood Images for Desktop Backgrounds


Working with Wood

  • Drying Wood at Home
  • Finishing Exotic and Tropical Hardwoods
  • Gluing Oily Tropical Hardwoods
  • How to Turn a Bandsaw Bowl from a Board
  • Preventing Color Changes in Exotic Woods
  • Wood Finishes: What Works When


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