Wood & How to Dry It
by Fine Woodworking
Softcover
210 x 280mm
106pp
Published by The Taunton Press, Connecticut, USA.
R.R.P.$14.90
ISBN 0-918804-54-X
Extract from back cover of book:
It pays to know about wood. Once you learn how to dry it, you can buy it direct from the sawmill and cut your costs considerably. (You can save even more by milling your own lumber with a chainsaw.) And of course the more you know about the nature of the wood you use, the better your own work will be. Which species are good for which jobs, how is hardwood graded, how can you design joints that will accommodate wood's seasonal swelling and shrinking? In 41 articles reprinted from Fine Woodworking magazine, experts in the field tell you what you want to know about the raw material of your craft.
Photos: Black & White
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Wood
Water and Wood
Questions & Answers
Getting Lumber
Chain-saw
Lumbering
Rip Chain
New Machines Turn Logs to Boards
Chainsaw Lumbermaking
Woodlot Management
Tree Quality
Sawmilling
The State of the
Forests
Logging with a Horse
The Trade in Exotic Hardwoods
Whither
Rosewood?
Storing Precious Scraps
Wood Identification at FPL
Hardwood
Lumber Grades
A Grader in Action
Quartersawn Lumber
What Does "Grain"
Really Mean?
Spalted Wood
Abnormal Wood
Black Light Makes Some
Woods Glow
Ash
Two Neglected Woods
The Great American Pines
The Three Groups of Pine Lumber
Packing Out Perfume
Black Walnut Woes
In a Nutshell
Stalking Mesquite
Drying Wood
Air-Drying Lumber
A Barn for Air-Drying Lumber
Alternative Wood-Drying Technologies
Questions & Answers
Measuring Moisture
A Dehumidifier Kiln
Don't
Let That Dry Look Fool You
Dry Kiln
Shop-Built Moisture Meter
Gauging
Wood Movement
Solar Kiln