Name Willow
 Location Eastern North America
Texture/Grain Fine/Closed
 Specific Gravity 0.39
 Hardness Very Soft
 Strength Very Weak
 T/R Stability 8.7/3.3%

 

● Guide
 Up    

● Site Map

  SITE IndeX
 (You are here.)

● Search the
Workshop Companion

● Contact Us

        

or those of you who remember the days when we turned to the back of a book to look up information on a specific topic, here's a good old-fashioned index. Look up the topic (or keyword) that interests you alphabetically, then click on the pages listed under that topic. Note: Pages that have a video associated with them are proceeded by a camera () icon.

A B C D E F G H  I J K L M

 N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Mahogany, African -- Mechanical Properties of World Woods (chart), Physical Properties of World Woods (chart)

Mahogany, Honduran -- Mechanical Properties of World Woods (chart), Physical Properties of World Woods (chart)

Mahogany, Phillipine, Luaun -- Mechanical Properties of World Woods (chart), Physical Properties of World Woods (chart)

Maple, Hard -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Maple, Soft -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Mask

bullet Dust -- Health Hazards
bullet Positive Pressure -- Health Hazards

Microbevel -- Sharpening Know-How

Microscopic attributes -- Wood Botany

Mill

Moisture Content -- Wood Movement

Molding

Movement, wood --  Mechanical Properties, Selecting Lumber, Truing Lumber, Wood Movement

Back to the top
 
Nature of Wood -- The Nature of Wood

Needle file -- Sharpening Tools and Materials

Back to the top
 
Oak, Red -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Oak, White -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Open grain -- Physical Properties, Wood Botany, Wood Grain

Orange rust -- Preventing and Removing Rust

Osage Orange -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Back to the top
 
Paduak -- Mechanical Properties of World Woods (chart), Physical Properties of World Woods (chart)

Parenchyma cells -- Wood Botany

Parting tools, sharpening -- Sharpening Parting Tools

Pattern, grain -- Physical Properties

Pine, Eastern White -- Mechanical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart)

Pine, Ponderosa -- Mechanical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart)

Pine, Sugar -- Mechanical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart)

Pine, Southern Yellow -- Mechanical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart)

Pith -- Wood Grain

Plain sawn -- Wood Grain, Wood Movement

Plane

bullet Finger  -- Making a Finger Plane
bullet Iron -- Using a Hand Plane
bullet Sharpening -- Sharpening Chisels and Plane Irons

Planer

bullet Feed direction -- Planing Know-How
bullet Knives --Planing Know-How
bullet Knives, sharpening -- Touching Up High Speed Cutters
bullet Router (Jig) -- Planing Know-How

Planing

bullet Hand -- Using a Hand Plane
bullet Machine -- Planer Know-How, Jointing & Planing, Truing Lumber

Polishing

Poplar, Yellow -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Precision

bullet Hand planing -- Using a Hand Plane

Presentation, Video -- Introduction to Woodworking Demonstrations

Preventing rust -- Preventing and Removing Rust

Projects

bullet Finger Plane  -- Making a Finger Plane

Purpleheart -- Mechanical Properties of World Woods (chart), Physical Properties of World Woods (chart)

Push shoe with pop-down heel (Jig) -- Jointing Know-How

Back to the top
 

A B C D E F G H  I J K L M

 N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
 

 

Back to the top
 

 "Abundant to all the needs of man, how poor the world would be without wood."
Eric Sloane in Reverence for Wood

 

M N O P Index for the Workshop Companion,
essential information about wood, woodwork, and woodworking.
By Nick Engler.

Copyright © 2009 Bookworks, Inc.