Wood ID ?

It's not an online source, but "Understanding Wood" by Bruce Hoadley, is an excellent resource to have around.

If you're looking online because it's free, check your local library for Bruce's book. If they don't have it, ask the librarian about an inter-library loan, many will get the book for you.

Barry

It's an excellent resource, but Hoadley's other book, "Identifying Wood" is better for species idents.

It's also very US-centric. It's an excellent book for what it covers (both of these two should be on every serious woodworker's shelves), but it either omits a lot of significant European species, or doesn't detail important differences between sub-species.

New computer, XP, and everything is different. My response went to the poster instead of this group. Go to Google search and type in "wood veneer". You will find several excellent sites where you can save the images in folders. Also search "wood species" and then individual woods such as "red oak", "walnut crotch", etc.

Stewart

Good idea, but identifying some species needs an end-grain view. Tricky with thin veneers

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Thanks for the info guys, I completely forgot about the library (again :-) ATB Mick

Try this:

Rob

I have the same problem. Why do I buy books that I read once every five years? I find I always think of Books-a-Million and Barnes & Noble first though. I can't get out of the habit. (I'll bet the Taunton press is happy to hear that though.)

Thanks Rob, nice one. Thats what I was looking for, you have just saved me a trip to the library m8 :-) Cheers Mick

Well if you find the answer, could you let me know as well plz, as my shelves are starting to sag a bit in the middle now :-) I should use the library a bit more than I do, but I suppose that the internet is to blame for that! Let's hope that they don't disappear completely! as I don't think you can't beat the real thing. ATB Mick

I'd only open it if you have cable ... dial up is a bitch as it loads all the pics

And thanks for the warning, but I have DSL so no probs with it. ATB Mick

Simon schreef

This will be of limited usefulness in identifying a wood, but is a pretty awesome collection of pictures, including some really neat ones. Careful with the names here, a bit of a mess. PvR

Rob schreef

• + + No, not bad, but really horrible! Anybody correctly identifying a wood by this will deserve to become an honorary member of an ESP-society! PvR

Rizla99 schreef

• + + The practical thing to do is find Hoadley's "Identifying Wood". There is a dedicated site to identifying trade timbers (will turn up instantly in any search), but this presupposes a microscope. Not sure they got the bugs out yet. PvR

Mick

• + + On the other hand, if you are not interested in wood ID, but just want to know what woods are out there, what they look like and what are their working properties try The Good Wood Handbook by Jackson & Day or (at a pinch) The Woodworkers Guide to Wood by Peters PvR

Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 11:13am (EDT+5) snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Rizla99) puts out: Hi all. Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with images) plz ? I have found a couple of sites, but one only has about six woods listed with pics, and the other is just text (but they all sound the same to me on that one

Check the archives. The subject has been bought up before, and plenty of info has been posted before.

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Thanks PvR The two sites mentioned earlier have got what I was looking for, so I won't have to buy a book for now, though Hoadley's "Identifying Wood" looks like a good one if I should need one at a later date. Cheers Mick

Mon, Sep 22, 2003, 10:58pm (EDT+5) snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (Rizla99) wonders: How do I do that ? I thought they were deleted after a short while, even some of the posts that are listed in my browser, sometimes say "no longer available"

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