Has anyone ever posted a decent list of the various woods along with
their characteristics and common uses in a way that will allow one to
compare and decide which material is best for a particular project?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Searcher7 wrote:
Has anyone ever posted a decent list of the various woods along with
their characteristics and common uses in a way that will allow one to
compare and decide which material is best for a particular project?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

There are a number of sites on the web. The link below is one for
common domestic lumber. They also have a page for exotic lumber.

Click on the hardwood's name to see its characteristics.

http://www.advantagelumber.com/domestic.htm

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

That's a pretty broad question "various woods","characteristics",
"common uses" and "which is best for a particular project" - and you
want a "list"? Bruce Hoadley has a pretty fat book that has most of
what you may be asking for. But there's a a lot of "characteristics"
for wood - specific gravity, radial and tangential expansion /
contraction percentages, compression and tension strenghths,
glue-ability, hardness, bendability, grain, durability, . . .

Can you be a bit more specific about some "particular project"s youhave
in mind?

charlie b

I'm sure that there are many, but this is the best that I have found.

http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/w...indextotal.htm

Glen

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"Searcher7" wrote in message
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Has anyone ever posted a decent list of the various woods along with
their characteristics and common uses in a way that will allow one to
compare and decide which material is best for a particular project?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Nova wrote:
Searcher7 wrote:
Has anyone ever posted a decent list of the various woods along
with
their characteristics and common uses in a way that will allow one
to compare and decide which material is best for a particular
project?

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

There are a number of sites on the web. The link below is one for
common domestic lumber. They also have a page for exotic lumber.

Click on the hardwood's name to see its characteristics.

http://www.advantagelumber.com/domestic.htm

I'm not seeing the original post, so replying here.
http://www.woodbin.com/calcs/wdpick.htm I've found to sometimes be
helpful. The distinctions it makes aren't super precise (for example
it lumps douglas fir with lignum vitae for hardness) and it's list of
woods is a bit eclectic, but nonetheless it can be helpful.

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