{"id":1349,"date":"2011-10-06T23:40:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T04:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2011-10-06T23:43:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T04:43:03","slug":"recommended-book-with-practical-information-on-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/06\/recommended-book-with-practical-information-on-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended book with practical information on wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1350  aligncenter\" title=\"img_0390_edited-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/img_0390_edited-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, <strong>a woodworker needs to<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/category\/wood\/\" target=\"_blank\">know wood<\/a><\/strong>. No\u00a0degree of prowess with tools and techniques can compensate for a lack of understanding of the material into which steel cuts. The guys at <em>American Woodworker<\/em> magazine have put together a sawdust-in-your-pockets practical collection of topics that I think would benefit any woodworker: <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Getting-Most-Your-Wood-Buying-Bucks\/dp\/156523460X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1317946549&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Getting the Most From Your Wood-Buying Bucks<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, published last year. My recommendation is unsolicited and uncompensated; I just want to share good information.<\/p>\n<p>The sections of the book are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Finding Great Wood.<\/strong> This includes getting wood from locally cut trees, using salvaged wood, dealing with wood defects, and understanding lumber grading.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sawing &amp; Milling Great Wood.<\/strong> Topics include flitch-cut logs, resawing, milling rough boards, and the best explanation of reading grain direction that I\u2019ve ever read.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drying Your Own Wood.<\/strong> Even though you might not use the plans to build your own kiln, the\u00a0explanations of drying wood\u00a0and moisture meters are very helpful.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Very Special Wood.<\/strong> My favorite section. Five different authors share their intimate knowledge of eight different wood types and species, such as spalted wood and mahogany and its look-alikes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Special Finishes.<\/strong> This is a sampling of finishing strategies and principles for woods including pine, walnut, cherry, and oak.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Projects for Special Wood.<\/strong> Here are some interesting furniture projects and techniques for managing large slabs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even in areas where I think I have a good amount of knowledge and experience, I was able to pick up <strong>useful<\/strong> <strong>tips and helpful clarifications<\/strong>. Typical of Fox Chapel books, the layout and photography are attractive and inviting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What I do not like<\/strong> about this book is the title. The book does give information for you to achieve that goal but, as a title, it underestimates the scope and value of the contents. One of the reasons I wanted to write this review was my concern that the book might be overlooked because of its title.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve tried to open the cover for you in this review, but I think if you take a look for yourself, you\u2019ll like it. Its <strong>practical approach<\/strong>\u00a0makes it a good addition to books I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/21\/creating-a-work-in-wood-from-idea-to-finished-piece-4-wood\/\" target=\"_blank\">previously recommended<\/a>:\u00a0<em>Understanding Wood<\/em>, by Bruce Hoadley, and the encyclopedic volumes, <em>Wood<\/em>, by Terry Porter, and <em>Wood Handbook<\/em>, from the US Forest Products Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t you just love wood?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First and foremost, a woodworker needs to know wood. No\u00a0degree of prowess with tools and techniques can compensate for a lack of understanding of the material into which steel cuts. The guys at American Woodworker magazine have put together a sawdust-in-your-pockets practical collection of topics that I think would benefit any woodworker: Getting the Most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1356,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions\/1356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}