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Low cost wood: Ash
April 23, 2009

After reading the article on low cost wood, I started to wonder why more people don't build workbench tops out of Ash. Beech is a common material used for workbenches…
Pergola woods
April 22, 2009

I need your opinions to try and help me make up my mind on what type of lumber to use for a pergola I am planning. I think I have it…
Luthiers HELP! Gluing Maple to Mahogany
April 22, 2009

I am beginning plans to build a lap steel - which is a solid body guitar-like instrument. Many solid body guitars are made of mahogany bodies with applied maple tops.…
table top wood thickness
April 21, 2009

I have decided to build a table to fit in my bay window area (it’s a large area). My wife doesn’t want a window seat area like I’ve seen many…
Low Cost Lumber: Aspen
April 21, 2009

Greetings all. Just received the latest FWW issue. Was surprised to see Aspen featured among the dozen alternatives to traditional cabinet/furniture woods. Now I have lived in CO and UT,…
blue stain prevention in pine
April 20, 2009

Due to an horriffic ice storm in january I have a couple thousand bd.ft. of nice shortleaf pine to dry here in NC Arkansas. My local kiln operator is no…
Anyone allergic to poplar?
April 16, 2009

Strange question, eh? I'm trying to track down possible sources of an allergic reaction and my doc asked me... what's changed? What's new? Well, a month ago I bought a…
1880’s pine attic boards — Harvest?
April 16, 2009

I climbed to the crawlspace attic of my 1880 NE house last night to snake a cable. It resembles a neglected construction site after decades of upgrades, repair, etc (including…
straighten warped boards
April 13, 2009

My father in law just received some beautiful wormy maple. But, unfortunately it's a bit warped and twisted. They guy he got it from ran it through a planer without first…
Doors and floors
April 12, 2009

I live on the 'wet' (west) side of Washington state, we get quite a bit of rain here when we don't have drought conditions. I want to build a exterior…

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