Find out how to buy the right Hardwoods for furniture making
Learn about coarse-grained hard wood like oak, ash and elm.
Discover that while oak is strong, it splits easily along the wood-grain.
Find out about buying hardwoods - oak, walnut, ash, elm, kiln-dried or air-dried lumber.
Gain knowledge of wood moisture content.
Discover in what ways moisture content of wood matters for cabinet making?
Compare the fibres in a tree trunk to a bundle of fine tubes
Find out how you avoid warping, checking or splitting timber?
Learn when to buy rough-sawn lumber or ready planed wooden boards
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Guild of Master Craftsman Publications
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Also published in US by Fox Chapel Publishing as
Cabinet-Making - a foundation course
from the Guild of Master Craftsman Publications the new cabinet making course book by John Bullar