Has anyone ever posted a decent list of the various woods along with their characteristics and common uses in a way that will allow one to compare and decide which material is best for a particular project?
Thanks.
Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.
There are a number of sites on the web. The link below is one for common domestic lumber. They also have a page for exotic lumber.
Click on the hardwood's name to see its characteristics.
That's a pretty broad question "various woods","characteristics", "common uses" and "which is best for a particular project" - and you want a "list"? Bruce Hoadley has a pretty fat book that has most of what you may be asking for. But there's a a lot of "characteristics" for wood - specific gravity, radial and tangential expansion / contraction percentages, compression and tension strenghths, glue-ability, hardness, bendability, grain, durability, . . .
Can you be a bit more specific about some "particular project"s youhave in mind?
charlie b
I'm sure that there are many, but this is the best that I have found.
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