This category is all about wood for woodwork and explains all of the different types of wood you may come across. It covers everything from real wood to man-made woods such as MDF and plywood.
I recently bought a large stack of Burmese teak panels, which also explains why I’ve been posting so much about Teak. While purchasing the lumber, I realized that I didn’t even need to look closely enough at it to know it was A-grade Teak. A decade or so ago, I used four steps to identify…
I build a lot of tables from solid slabs of wood and cracks seem to be an everyday occurrence. Let me show how I fix these cracks and in some cases, make them a feature. This is what I consider to be the best ways to stop a crack in wood from spreading. Key Takeaways…
I went lumber shopping with a new woodworker friend. He’s not a new friend, but he is a new woodworker and he spends more time online than he does in the shop. So, when I turned down Hemlock because I was actually looking for Pine, he pulled up a Wikipedia entry telling me that “Hemlock…
I found two dozen teak boards in my shed. They have been in the backup shed for at least two years. The place gets wet a lot. Fortunately, Teak is practically waterproof, and these boards were not damaged. I had assumed some form of deterioration would have occurred in two years. But to my surprise,…
I came across a pile of Sapele lumber when shopping for project wood last week. It reminded me of the time when I bought Sapele because of its resemblance to Mahogany. That was ten years ago, and it took me two whole years to use the Sapele because it couldn’t be used in too many…
It has been a while since I carved a wood sign. I took up a sign-making project for personal use last night, and it reminded me of a time when I went on a sign-making spree and made signboards from MDF, Birch, Pine, and every type of spare lumber in my shop. After trying my…
