Oak Trunks Converted to boards for Furniture Making on a band-saw-mill

Wood for Furniture Making

  • Oak is coarse-grained like ash and elm and while it is strong, it splits relatively easily along the grain.

  • Chapter 1 is about buying hardwoods - oak, walnut, ash, elm, kiln-dried or air-dried lumber.

  • What is moisture content and why does it matter for Furniture Making? Think of the fibres in a tree trunk as a bundle of fine tubes, full of water while the tree is growing....

  • How do you avoid warping, checking or splitting?

  • Will you buy rough-sawn lumber or ready planed?

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'Furniture Making - a foundation course' is available direct from the USA publisher:

Fox Chapel Publishing or from: Amazon.com Barnes and Noble.com and Borders .com

 

Also published in UK as 'Cabinetmaking - a foundation course' available direct from the publishers:

Guild of Master Craftsman Publications or from: Waterstones.com,  Tesco.comW H Smith.co.uk  and  Amazon.co.uk

Cabinet Making- a foundation course

the new furniture making course book by John Bullar, published by the Guild of Master Craftsman Publications