Wood ID ?

Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 11:13am (EDT+5) [email protected] (Rizla99) puts
out:
Hi all.
Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
images) plz ?
I have found a couple of sites, but one only has about six woods listed
with pics,
and the other is just text (but they all sound the same to me on that
one

Check the archives. The subject has been bought up before, and
plenty of info has been posted before.

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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 12:06:58 -0400, "Stewart Schooley"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Go to Google search and type in "wood veneer".

Good idea, but identifying some species needs an end-grain view.
Tricky with thin veneers


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"Rizla99" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all.
> Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
images)
> plz ?
> I have found a couple of sites, but one only has about six woods listed
with
> pics,
> and the other is just text (but they all sound the same to me on that one
> ;-).
> Cheers
> Mick
>
>

Thanks for the info guys, I completely forgot about the library (again :-)
ATB
Mick

"P van Rijckevorsel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > Rizla99 <[email protected]> schreef
> > > Hi all.
> > > Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
> images), plz ?
> Mick
>
> + + +
> On the other hand, if you are not interested in wood ID, but just want to
> know what woods are out there, what they look like and what are their
> working properties try
> The Good Wood Handbook by Jackson & Day or (at a pinch)
> The Woodworkers Guide to Wood by Peters
> PvR
>
>
Thanks PvR
The two sites mentioned earlier have got what I was looking for, so I won't
have to buy a book for now, though Hoadley's "Identifying Wood" looks like a
good one if I should need one at a later date.
Cheers
Mick

"Jack-of-all-trades - JOAT" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 11:13am (EDT+5) [email protected] (Rizla99) puts
> out:
> Hi all.
> Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
> images) plz ?
> I have found a couple of sites, but one only has about six woods listed
> with pics,
> and the other is just text (but they all sound the same to me on that
> one
>
> Check the archives. The subject has been bought up before, and
> plenty of info has been posted before.
>
> JOAT
> The whole of life is a learning process.
> - John Keel
>
> Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
> Web Page Update 20 Sep 2003. Some tunes I like.
> http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
>

> Check the archives. The subject has been bought up before, and
> plenty of info has been posted before.<

How do I do that ?
I thought they were deleted after a short while, even some of the posts that
are listed in my browser, sometimes say "no longer available"
Cheers
Mick

"Rob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Try this:
>
> http://www.wood-worker.com/properties.htm
>
> Not bad for free.
>
> Rob
>
>
> "Rizla99" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Rizla99" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Hi all.
> > > Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
> > images)
> > > plz ?
> > > I have found a couple of sites, but one only has about six woods
listed
> > with
> > > pics,
> > > and the other is just text (but they all sound the same to me on that
> one
> > > ;-).
> > > Cheers
> > > Mick
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the info guys, I completely forgot about the library (again
:-)
> > ATB
> > Mick
> >
> >
>
>
Thanks Rob, nice one.
Thats what I was looking for, you have just saved me a trip to the library
m8 :-)
Cheers
Mick

"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Rizla99 wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the info guys, I completely forgot about the library (again
:-)
>
> I have the same problem. Why do I buy books that I read once every five
> years? I find I always think of Books-a-Million and Barnes & Noble first
> though. I can't get out of the habit. (I'll bet the Taunton press is
> happy to hear that though.)
>
> --
> Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
> Confirmed post number: 17865 Approximate word count: 535950
> http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
>

> "I have the same problem. Why do I buy books that I read once every five
years?"

Well if you find the answer, could you let me know as well plz, as my
shelves are
starting to sag a bit in the middle now :-)
I should use the library a bit more than I do, but I suppose that the
internet is to blame for that!
Let's hope that they don't disappear completely! as I don't think you can't
beat the real thing.
ATB
Mick

Simon <[email protected]> schreef
> I'd only open it if you have cable ... dial up is a bitch as it loads all
> the pics
> http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm

+ + +
This will be of limited usefulness in identifying a wood, but is a pretty
awesome collection of pictures, including some really neat ones.
Careful with the names here, a bit of a mess.
PvR

Rob <[email protected]> schreef
> Try this:

> http://www.wood-worker.com/properties.htm

> Not bad for free.

> Rob

+ + +
No, not bad, but really horrible!
Anybody correctly identifying a wood by this will deserve to become an
honorary member of an ESP-society!
PvR

> Rizla99 <[email protected]> schreef
> > Hi all.
> > Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
images), plz ?
Mick

+ + +
On the other hand, if you are not interested in wood ID, but just want to
know what woods are out there, what they look like and what are their
working properties try
The Good Wood Handbook by Jackson & Day or (at a pinch)
The Woodworkers Guide to Wood by Peters
PvR

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:04:08 GMT, B a r r y B u r k e J r .
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:13:15 +0100, "Rizla99" <[email protected]>
>wrote:

>>Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with images)
>
>It's not an online source, but "Understanding Wood" by Bruce Hoadley,
>is an excellent resource to have around.

It's an excellent resource, but Hoadley's other book, "Identifying
Wood" is better for species idents.

It's also very US-centric. It's an excellent book for what it covers
(both of these two should be on every serious woodworker's shelves),
but it either omits a lot of significant European species, or doesn't
detail important differences between sub-species.

Rizla99 wrote:

> Thanks for the info guys, I completely forgot about the library (again :-)

I have the same problem. Why do I buy books that I read once every five
years? I find I always think of Books-a-Million and Barnes & Noble first
though. I can't get out of the habit. (I'll bet the Taunton press is
happy to hear that though.)

--
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Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
Confirmed post number: 17865 Approximate word count: 535950
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/

"Rizla99" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi all.
> Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
images)
> plz ?
> I have found a couple of sites, but one only has about six woods listed
with
> pics,
> and the other is just text (but they all sound the same to me on that one
> ;-).
> Cheers
> Mick
>

I'd only open it if you have cable ... dial up is a bitch as it loads all
the pics
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:13:15 +0100, "Rizla99" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Hi all.
>Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with images)
>plz ?

It's not an online source, but "Understanding Wood" by Bruce Hoadley,
is an excellent resource to have around.

If you're looking online because it's free, check your local library
for Bruce's book. If they don't have it, ask the librarian about an
inter-library loan, many will get the book for you.

Barry

"Simon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Rizla99" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi all.
> > Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
> images)
> > plz ?
> > I have found a couple of sites, but one only has about six woods listed
> with
> > pics,
> > and the other is just text (but they all sound the same to me on that
one
> > ;-).
> > Cheers
> > Mick
> >
>
> I'd only open it if you have cable ... dial up is a bitch as it loads all
> the pics
> http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm
>
>
Another nice one, cheers Simon.
And thanks for the warning, but I have DSL so no probs with it.
ATB
Mick

Rizla99 <[email protected]> schreef
> Hi all.
> Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
images), plz ?
> Mick

+ + +
The practical thing to do is find Hoadley's "Identifying Wood".
There is a dedicated site to identifying trade timbers (will turn up
instantly in any search), but this presupposes a microscope. Not sure they
got the bugs out yet.
PvR

Try this:

http://www.wood-worker.com/properties.htm

Not bad for free.

Rob


"Rizla99" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Rizla99" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hi all.
> > Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification site (with
> images)
> > plz ?
> > I have found a couple of sites, but one only has about six woods listed
> with
> > pics,
> > and the other is just text (but they all sound the same to me on that
one
> > ;-).
> > Cheers
> > Mick
> >
> >
>
> Thanks for the info guys, I completely forgot about the library (again :-)
> ATB
> Mick
>
>

New computer, XP, and everything is different. My response went to the
poster instead of this group.
Go to Google search and type in "wood veneer". You will find several
excellent sites where you can save the images in folders. Also search "wood
species" and then individual woods such as "red oak", "walnut crotch", etc.

Stewart

> > > Rizla99 <[email protected]> schreef
> > > > Hi all. Would anyboby know of a good, online, wood identification
site (with images), plz ?
> > Mick

"P van Rijckevorsel" <[email protected]> wrote
> > On the other hand, if you are not interested in wood ID, but just want
to know what woods are out there, what they look like and what are their
working properties try
> > The Good Wood Handbook by Jackson & Day or (at a pinch)
> > The Woodworkers Guide to Wood by Peters
PvR


Rizla99 <[email protected]> schreef
> Thanks PvR
> The two sites mentioned earlier have got what I was looking for, so I
won't have to buy a book for now, though Hoadley's "Identifying Wood" looks
like a good one if I should need one at a later date.
Cheers
Mick

+ + +
Careful!
If you think that the site
http://www.wood-worker.com/properties.htm
is anywhere near wood-ID then we are talking about quite different things.
Hoadley's book (although only a first introduction to Wood ID) is a whole
different ballgame, and you probably won't like it.

Stick to "The Good Wood Handbook" and you will have your hands full for some
time to come.
PvR