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General Wood Information

  • Are Rosewoods (and Bubinga) really banned by CITES?
  • Common US Hardwoods
  • Ebony: Dark Outlook for Dark Woods?
  • How Wood is Formed in Trees
  • Restricted and Endangered Wood Species
  • State Trees of the United States
  • The Ten Best Woods You’ve Never Heard Of
  • Top Ten Most Overrated Woods

Identifying Wood

  • The Truth Behind Wood Identification
  • Wood Identification Guide
  • Hardwood Anatomy
  • Softwood Anatomy
  • Fluorescence: A Secret Weapon in Wood Identification

Mechanical Properties

  • Bow Woods (from a mathematical perspective)
  • Top Ten Hardest Woods
  • Top Ten Heaviest Woods
  • Top Ten Softest Woods

Separating Specific Woods

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

Safety and Health

  • Wood Allergies and Toxicity
  • Wood Dust Safety

Reference/For the Shop

  • Fraction and Metric Conversion Chart
  • 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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General Wood Information

  • Are Rosewoods (and Bubinga) really banned by CITES?
  • Ebony: Dark Outlook for Dark Woods?
  • How Wood is Formed in Trees
  • Restricted and Endangered Wood Species
  • State Trees of the United States
  • The Ten Best Woods You've Never Heard Of
  • Top Ten Most Overrated Woods

Identifying Wood

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


Mechanical Properties:

  • Bow Woods (from a mathematical perspective)
  • Top Ten Hardest Woods
  • Top Ten Heaviest Woods
  • Top Ten Softest Woods

Safety and Health

  • Wood Allergies and Toxicity
  • Wood Dust Safety

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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