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Wood

Wood itself is a fascinating subject and the more you know about your materials, the more you will enjoy woodworking. These books will show you how to harvest and saw your own native lumber, whether hardwoods or softwoods; how to dry and season the wood, and why the wood moves the way it does in response to atmospheric humidity. See also Woodworking Techniques.

On sale wood books

book cover unavailable Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Working with Wood (Complete Illustrated Guide)  NEW!

Andy Rae   How to select, season, and build with any kind of wood This well organized and comprehensive volume on selecting, seasoning, and building with... [read more]

$39.95
Sale! $26.37
book cover unavailable Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast

Robert Van Pelt,Robert Pelt   The Pacific Coast is where you'll find the tallest and densest forests on earth. This survey describes the 20 largest species, with... [read more]

$40.00
Sale! $26.40
book cover unavailable Harvesting Urban Timber: A Guide to Making Better Use of Urban Trees (Woodworker's Library (Fresno, Calif.).)

Sam Sherrill,Samuel B. Sherrill   3 to 4 billion board feet of lumber go into landfills annually in the U.S. Here's how to save some of that... [read more]

$26.95
Sale! $17.79
book cover unavailable Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools

R. Bruce Hoadley   The only way to be sure is to look at end grain through a hand lens, and compare with a sample or... [read more]

$39.95
Sale! $26.37
book cover unavailable Know Your Woods: A Complete Guide to Trees, Woods, and Veneers

Albert J. Constantine   Know Your Woods traces different varieties of lumber from the forest to the sawmill to the craftsman's workshop. Every person interested in... [read more]

$14.95
Sale! $10.17
book cover unavailable The Conversion and Seasoning of Wood: A Guide to Principles and Practice

William H. Brown   This book explains how to cut a log to produce the best yield and best wood features. Timber drying methods include both... [read more]

$18.95
Sale! $12.89
book cover unavailable The Woodlot Management Handbook: Making the Most of Your Wooded Property For Conservation, Income or Both

Stewart Hilts,Peter Mitchell,Ann-Ida Beck   Here is a rundown on how to make the most of your wooded property, whether for conservation, income, or timber you can... [read more]

$24.95
Sale! $16.47
book cover unavailable Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology

R. Bruce Hoadley   Bruce Hoadley's classic guide is here updated with new information about adhesives, composite materials, and finishes, along with several hundred new photographs.... [read more]

$39.95
Sale! $26.37
book cover unavailable What Wood Is That?: A Manual of Wood Identification (Studio Book)

Herbert Leeson Edlin   40 actual wood veneer samples shows the color, grain, and texture of the most common varieties. Drawings identify uncut, unfinished trees by... [read more]

$32.95
Sale! $21.75
book cover unavailable Wood (Best of Fine Woodworking)

Woodworking Magazine Fine   Here's advice on buying, drying and storing wood. Considers the common North American cabinet woods, plus a few exotics. Material on physical... [read more]

$15.95
Sale! $12.44
book cover unavailable World Woods in Color

William Alexander Lincoln   Full-color face-grain photos show the natural color, grain, and anatomical features of 275 commercial woods. Includes commercial and botanical names, distribution, mechanical... [read more]

$59.95
Sale! $37.77

More wood books

book cover unavailable 100 Woods: A Guide to Popular Timbers of the World

Peter Bishop   Basic properties of some of the woods used most widely in the world, with photos in color that show tangential, radial and... [read more]

$50.00
book cover unavailable A Guide to Useful Woods of the World

James H. Flynn,Charles D. Holder   Packed with lore about 279 species of wood. Each wood gets a drawing of the leaves, a photomicrograph of end grain, and... [read more]

$44.95
book cover unavailable Furniture Woods (Art & Design)

Heidrun Zinnkann   Here's a reference on more than 30 species of coniferous and deciduous wood that are commonly used by furnituremakers and restorers. There's... [read more]

$19.95
book cover unavailable The Book of Wood Names

Hans Meyer,Dr. Hans Meyer   What you call 'yellow deal' I call 'white pine.' This new edition of a classic reference lists thousands of wood names, cross-referenced... [read more]

$35.00
book cover unavailable The Commercial Woods of Africa: A Descriptive Full-Color Guide

Peter Phongphaew   90 exotic woods available for woodworkers that grow in Africa. Along with a photograph of each wood's grain and pattern, there is... [read more]

$49.95
book cover unavailable The Encyclopedia of North American Trees

Sam Benvie   Dip into this book's spectacular color photos and rigorously researched snapshot descriptions to learn all about the growing habits, preferred habitats, identifying... [read more]

$24.95
book cover unavailable The Woodbook

Klaus Ulrich Leistikow   In beautiful woodcuts this facsimile volume provides detailed information about many woods in use by woodworkers today. For each tree different cross-section... [read more]

$100.00
book cover unavailable The Woodburner's Companion: Practical Ways of Heating With Wood

Dirk Thomas,Castle, Jr. Freeman   As oil and electricity prices go up, heating with wood becomes a reasonable alternative. Here's how to get the most out of... [read more]

$15.00
book cover unavailable Woodworker's Guide to Wood: Softwoods * Hardwoods * Plywoods * Composites * Veneers

Rick Peters   The more you know about wood, the more success you'll have with it in the shop and the better everything you build... [read more]

$19.95

New items!

Simple Handmade Storage: 23 Step-By-Step Weekend Projects
$19.95

Where to put all of your accumulated stuff? Build some of these stand-alone and built-in... [read more]

Wood Magazine: Making Great Boxes (Wood Magazine)
$19.95
Sale! $13.57

More than three dozen lovely box projects from Wood Magazine that incorporate a variety of... [read more]

Lighting: Creative Planning for Successful Lighting Solutions
$29.95
Sale! $23.36

In the dark about designing appropriate lighting for your home? Here's a newly revised design... [read more]

The Kids' Building Workshop: 15 Woodworking Projects for Kids and Parents to Build Together
$12.95
Sale! $10.36

A woodworker and an art teacher merge their knowlege and come up with a book... [read more]