Identifying Wood: Accurate results with simple tools

Phillip Torrone

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Is that maple, spruce, pine? These two books look really helpful – Identifying Wood: Accurate Results with Simple Tools by Bruce Hoadley – [via] Link & also by the same author, Understanding Wood: A Craftsman’s Guide to Wood Technology – Link.

12 thoughts on “Identifying Wood: Accurate results with simple tools”

plaster says:

May 16th, 2007 at 5:53 am

No. 1: The larch.

The larch.

The larch.
RussNelson says:

May 16th, 2007 at 10:58 am

ZOMG! Hoadley is the ultimate source for gaining an understanding of wood. If you put wood into any of your projets, you MUST read Hoadley’s books.
super_J_dynamite says:

May 16th, 2007 at 2:19 pm

Oh how this cover begs to be photoshopped.
dugnorth says:

May 21st, 2007 at 4:40 pm

Despite this comical cover, Hoadley’s Understanding Wood really is a very good book — essential reading for the serious woodworker.

I keep my copy close to Bob Flexner’s book Understanding Wood Finishing. Another essential book for woodworkers.
Neil Scheidt says:

March 6th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

This book does not lack in quality of information but as a book to be used regularly for reference the quality is very poor. After only a few weeks of normal use the pages began seperating from the bindigs.
Neil Scheidt says:

March 6th, 2008 at 6:21 pm

This book does not lack in quality of information but as a book to be used regularly for reference the quality is very poor. After only a few weeks of normal use the pages began seperating from the bindings.