Brendon_t Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Is there a good book, app, resource for helping to learn how to id different kind of wood? I have been building a while but just recent wood working. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPCV_Woodworker Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Taunton also has a book. Rather limited, but a nice read. Eric Meier at Wood database has a good setup as well. He cites his sources in the "about the project" page, should you like to pick up the USDA manuals or contact the photographers who supplied samples. http://www.wood-database.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 "Identifying Wood " by Hoadley , he also has a book "understanding Wood " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks for the info guys. I wish there was swath set of say 2x2 pieces of the majority of domestic woods for easy reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwacker Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks for the info guys. I wish there was swath set of say 2x2 pieces of the majority of domestic woods for easy reference. There are lots of them. Try some place like rockler or woodcraft they will be much cheaper than the pro sets out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefmagnus@grics.net Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Which of the phone applications help out the most when IDing wood species? I see many free and charge apps. Which one would you recommend? Is any one worth spending money on? I have my wife's dendrology book from college but its' photos are limited to tree, leaf, bark and fruit/nut. Even with the database and the book I sometimes still don't know what a species a wood is. I wish that I could take a photo with the phone and have it give a couple of possibilities of what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 "Identifying Wood " by Hoadley , he also has a book "understanding Wood " +1 on that Hoadley's my bible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks for the info guys. I wish there was swath set of say 2x2 pieces of the majority of domestic woods for easy reference. There are. Take a look at my site. They are a standard sixe, 6" x 3" x 1/2" . I own several hundred and have been fortunate to have been loaned over a thousand more (that's not all different species). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/ I agree. I think that's a great site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I agree. I think that's a great site. One of a few guys that is very welcome to toot his own horn in my book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Saw this up on the Woodcraft site... http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/15W12/Wood-Identification-Kit-Veneer-Sample-Pack-50-piece.aspx or Rockler http://www.rockler.com/wood-identification-kit-50-piece Seems like it might fit the bill... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Saw this up on the Woodcraft site... http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/15W12/Wood-Identification-Kit-Veneer-Sample-Pack-50-piece.aspx or Rockler http://www.rockler.com/wood-identification-kit-50-piece Seems like it might fit the bill... Those are veneer samples (and only 50 types at that). I sell a kit with 180 different type of veneer, but you can't get end grain characteristics from veneer and that is often of the most use in ID'ing wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Ah thanks for the clarification. Makes sense. On further research I found this that is from a local to me store... http://www.colonialhardwoods.com/woodid.html I may end up picking up one of these myself... Also found this group that seems like an amazing resource for Wood "Id'ing"... http://www.woodcollectors.org/index.htm Check out the Listing and Requests section as it has a bunch of people that offer samples. E.G. http://www.woodsbygwgreen.com/exoticwood.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bailey Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 this site is pretty good. not super comprehensive but I like that there are pics of each wood with different kinds of finish:http://workshopcompanion.com/KnowHow/Wood/Hardwoods_&_Softwoods/3_Physical_Properties/Physical_Properties_Table_1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Check out the Listing and Requests section as it has a bunch of people that offer samples. E.G. http://www.woodsbygwgreen.com/exoticwood.html Yes, Gary is the 2nd best provider in the US of Wood Samples. The best is Alan Curtis but Alan is really getting on in years and may not be doing it much longer and he has a big backlog (last time I checked) of unfilled orders that he is still working on. Both of these gentlemen provide absolutely top quality samples at very reasonable prices. The majority of the 1,600 or so samples on my site are from one or the other of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 On further research I found this that is from a local to me store... http://www.colonialhardwoods.com/woodid.html I may end up picking up one of these myself... You would do better selecting only the woods you want and buying from Gary Green or Alan Curtis. You'll get slightly better prices and their quality can't be beat (the quality of the samples you pointed to does seem really good though, I just think the prices are a bit high and you don't get to selected exactly what you want) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 You guys are on it.. Has anybody ever posted that you make them feel lazy?? I have searched for these kinds of kits. But apparently haven't used the right key words. This will be a lot of help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Brendon I am an IT guy and research is what I seem to be reasonably good at...it helps with my plagiarism skills Your request helped me to find this stuff as well so I hope this gives you what you needed as it certainly helped me determine that I would like to know more about wood species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 ... I would like to know more about wood species. Then I suggest you poke around in this article: http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_anatomy/_anatomy.htm The sections on parenchyma and growth rings should be enlightening. By the way, I'm and IT guy too, and also really good at plagiarism OR ... as I prefer to put it: Theft from a single author is plagiarism. Theft from 2 authors is a comparative study. Theft from three or more is research . . . I do research. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDave Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Then I suggest you poke around in this article: http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_anatomy/_anatomy.htm The sections on parenchyma and growth rings should be enlightening. By the way, I'm and IT guy too, and also really good at plagiarism OR ... as I prefer to put it: Theft from a single author is plagiarism. Theft from 2 authors is a comparative study. Theft from three or more is research . . . I do research. I just might quote you on that...I like the way you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bailey Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 it's not plagiarism if you attribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 As an academic, we consider a three source idea to be a common knowledge idea. We cite when three common sources cannot be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bailey Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 aye well plagiarism is a pretty specific kind of fraud, it really doesn't apply to ideas but instead the actual expression of those ideas. when it comes to an idea or a theory or what have you, it's a whole different can of worms involving copyright and patent and that's a mess nobody wants a part of .. heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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