A handful of useful sites dealing with wood:
FPL:
- intro-page of the Forest Products Laboratory:
http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/
- technical properties of wood
http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/techmenu.html
including two downloadable books on US-woods
- the FPL "Wood Handbook. Wood as an engineering material"
(downloadable):
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/FPLGTR/fplgtr113/fplgtr113.htm
- common and scientific names of wood
(best database around, with a fairly low level of error):
http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/CommNames2000.html
[apparently off-line more often than not, and usually reports:
"The system has encountered an error that was logged"]
OTHER SOURCES:
- "The American Woods" (pictures):
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/forestry/hough/
- lots of pictures (fun), but short on accuracy and real information
full version (slow):
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm
small version (faster):
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/index.htm
- for a more extensive link-page see:
http://www.nehosoc.nl/paginalinks.htm
BOOKS:
entry-level books on wood are
"Good Wood Handbook" by Albert Jackson & David Day (cheapest and best)
"Woodworker's Guide to Wood" by Rick Peters (passing grades)
"Woodworker's guide to Selecting and Milling Wood" by Charles Self
(somewhat modest, pictorially, but written in a friendly style)
"Harvesting Urban Timber" by Sam Sherrill
Adult books on wood are
"Understanding Wood" by R. Bruce Hoadley
"Identifying Wood" by R. Bruce Hoadley
For those not shying away from a thick book:
"Holzatlas" by Rudi Wagenfuhr
P van Rijckevorsel wrote:
> Steve <[email protected]> schreef
> Don't forget www.acronymfinder.com for looking up SWMBO, DAMHIKT, andothers.
>
> + + +
> I am pretty sure these are not made of wood.
> Would really pity somebody with an all-wooden SWMBO
> PvR
I used to have one that was as flat as a board. Does that count?
ARM
Steve <[email protected]> schreef
Don't forget www.acronymfinder.com for looking up SWMBO, DAMHIKT, andothers.
+ + +
I am pretty sure these are not made of wood.
Would really pity somebody with an all-wooden SWMBO
PvR
Don't forget www.acronymfinder.com for looking up SWMBO, DAMHIKT, and
others.
"P van Rijckevorsel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A handful of useful sites dealing with wood:
>
> FPL:
> - intro-page of the Forest Products Laboratory:
> http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/
>
> - technical properties of wood
> http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/techmenu.html
> including two downloadable books on US-woods
>
> - the FPL "Wood Handbook. Wood as an engineering material"
> (downloadable):
> http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/FPLGTR/fplgtr113/fplgtr113.htm
>
> - common and scientific names of wood
> (best database around, with a fairly low level of error):
> http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/CommNames2000.html
> [apparently off-line more often than not, and usually reports:
> "The system has encountered an error that was logged"]
>
> OTHER SOURCES:
> - "The American Woods" (pictures):
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/forestry/hough/
>
> - lots of pictures (fun), but short on accuracy and real information
> full version (slow):
> http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm
> small version (faster):
> http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/index.htm
>
> - for a more extensive link-page see:
> http://www.nehosoc.nl/paginalinks.htm
>
> BOOKS:
> entry-level books on wood are
> "Good Wood Handbook" by Albert Jackson & David Day (cheapest and best)
> "Woodworker's Guide to Wood" by Rick Peters (passing grades)
> "Woodworker's guide to Selecting and Milling Wood" by Charles Self
> (somewhat modest, pictorially, but written in a friendly style)
> "Harvesting Urban Timber" by Sam Sherrill
>
> Adult books on wood are
> "Understanding Wood" by R. Bruce Hoadley
> "Identifying Wood" by R. Bruce Hoadley
>
> For those not shying away from a thick book:
> "Holzatlas" by Rudi Wagenfuhr
>
>