Its Best to Recognize Woods
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Its Best to Recognize Woods
Identify Wood Types: Douglas Fir, Pine, Cedar, Maple, Sweet Gum, Oak, Walnut,
Plywood, Particle Board, Veneer, Engineered Lumber
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CedarStringy Bark and Scales
Uses: Light and rot resistant. Makes good decks, outside furniture, but it is soft. Works for Adirondack chars.
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Douglas FirScales resemble mouse legs and tail, needles like bottle brush.
Uses: Harder than cedar it makes the frames of houses, rustic furniture, general purpose.
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PineIdentified by bundles of
needles. Each species is identified by how many needles and how long.
Uses: This inexpensive wood is ideal for rustic furniture. It is soft and dents easier than Douglas fir.
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Maple
• The palmate veigns and the winged samara (helicopters)
• Maple is a strong hard wood. Light color makes it popular. It is hard. Food for furniture.
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Sweet Gum
• This relative of Sycamore is white with rays like Oak, but white.
• It is hard and good for furniture.
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Oak• Oak is identified by its acorn and deeply lobed leaves.• Oak has Rays and is hard making it very good for furniture.
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Walnut
•Identified by its green husked nuts. Most food walnuts have an English walnut grafted onto a black walnut.•This dark colored wood is just right for furniture.
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Veneer
• Veneer is used to glue onto other wood or to do bent laminations.
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Plywood
• Plywood is dimensionally stable. That means that it is flat and doesn’t twist. It is often expensive and comes in all kinds of thicknesses and types.
• Notice that Cherry plywood only has one or two sheets of veneer on the outside.
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Particle Board
•MDF: Stand for Medium Density particle board is flat and stable, but it doesn’t like to get wet.•HDF: High density Fiber Board has hard wood sawdust in it instead of soft wood. It is generally used for substrate for quality veneer and flooring underlayment's.
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Engineered Lumber
•This is usually plywood where the grain goes the same direction. The defects are randomized. These trusses can be made any length and are far lighter.