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?
find out more about cabinetmaking ...
'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.com, W 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