Know Your Woods: A Complete Guide To Trees Woods And Veneers

About this book

KNOW YOUR WOODS traces different kinds of lumber from the forest to the sawmill to the craftsmans workshop. Every person interested in the broad subject of woodstheir identification characteristics and useswill find this book a revelation. The information is presented in clear nontechnical style. It describes over 300 principal woodsindicating the common and scientific names of eachshows how to recognize a tree by its leaf bark or berry and how to identify its wood by grain color and texture. Chapters include: A Tree Lives -Identification of Woods -How a Tree is Named-Knowing-Trees by Name . Out of the Forest into Logs and Lumber-From Logs to-Veneers-The Physical Appearance of Wood-Woods of the Bible . Planting-Trees around the World . State Trees-Drugs from Trees . Collecting Woods of the World as a Hobby-And more The author spent more than forty years in the trade before writing this book and as such it contains much information that appears nowhere else. There is also information on worldwide forestation programs logging and sawmill operations lumber and veneer manufacturing methods and other related subjects. Completely revised this edition features more than 150 illustrations of trees and wood grains. KNOW YOUR WOODS is a unique reference guide that neither the craftsman nor the tree lover should be without.