Book : The Real Wood Bible The Complete Illustrated Guide To

-Titulo Original : The Real Wood Bible The Complete Illustrated Guide To Choosing And Using 100 Decorative Woods

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Firefly Books

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A practical and inspiring A-Z guide to the worlds most popular woods. Many of the worlds most beautiful and useful woods are in serious decline due to over-harvesting and environmental degradation. This updated edition of The Real Wood Bible gives the current sustainability status of these rare and important woods. Wood is a favored building material because of availability, ease to cut and join, decorative properties, functionality, flexibility, and a favorable strength-to-weight ratio. The Real Wood Bible is a comprehensive handbook for anyone who works with wood...or is planning to. Woodworkers, crafters, carpenters, and interior designers will find extensive information about the woods they regularly use as well as discover some new ones. This colorful, easy-to-use book features: How trees are converted into boards and veneers How to convert your own trees into boards Woods that incorporate beautiful natural effects A list of woods available from sustainable sources Useful advice on buying and storing lumber. An extensive and illustrated A-Z guide to the worlds most popular woods is the heart of this book. Each wood is shown with a color illustration demonstrating the true look and beauty of the finished and unfinished grain. A special section on sustainability is included, with an introduction to key conservation issues. The Real Wood Bible is the essential reference for the appreciation of the practical beauty of the worlds most popular building material. Review [Review for previous edition:] 36 pages of pertinent advice, including seven steps to choosing wood and discussion of issues surrounding certified supply. -- Sharon Wootton Olympia Olympian Published On: 2005-12-03 [Review for previous edition:] A thorough guide that can help beginning and advanced woodworkers choose between 100 types of decorative woods... A photo index makes browsing easy. -- Rebecca Swain Vadnie Orlando Sentinel Published On: 2005-08-28 [Review for previous edition:] Invaluable for the novice but also a good reference for the pro. -- Peggy Mackenzie Toronto Star Published On: 2006-01-19 [Review for previous edition:] Theres more to wood than just how it looks.... learn the strengths and weaknesses of all types of wood. -- Heidi Rose Lamirande Boston Globe Published On: 2005-11-03 [Review for previous edition:] Every type of wood has its own personality and its own best uses, according to The Real Wood Bible... color photos and descriptions of 100 popular decorative woods. -- James Cummings Dayton Daily News Published On: 2005-08-18 [Review for previous edition:] Written to answer any wood-related question... With such complete information, a book like this is likely to become the Holy Grail of wood. Hardwood Floors Published On: 2005-12-01 About the Author Nick Gibbs is a carpenter and editor of Woodworker magazine. He has contributed to many books including The Flooring Handbook. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Excerpted: Introduction and How To Use this Book Introduction Most woodworkers have a palette of woods that they favor, experimenting with alternatives for a specific purpose, or perhaps because they come across or are given a new board or veneer, cabinetmakers choose stable boards for panels, ideally quartersawn, that will not bend and buckle, or they glue decorative veneer to man-made sheets. chairmakers select strong, long-grained woods for the legs and rails, but more decorative, softer lumber for the seat. Though carvers like ornate wood, and can carve almost anything with modern rotary tools, they prefer it to be even-grained to reduce the risk of tearing. Woodturners, though, will use almost anything, particularly if the grain and color are distinctive and will enhance the perfectly formed curves of their bowls and boxes. Whether forced by the requirements of a particular project or just becau