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Understanding Wood: A Craftsman's Guide to Wood Technology (Hardcover)

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  • Hardcover: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Taunton Press Inc; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1561583588
  • ISBN-13: 978-1561583584
  • Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 22.1 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 106,273 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Understanding Wood is the definitive reference on wood technology, and is a keystone of every woodworker's library. The first edition (1980) sold over 128,000 copies: this new edition updates the classic text with new information on new materials: composite board, adhesives and finishes which have been developed since the original edition. There are also 225 brand new colour photographs! Up-to-date and Comprehensive: revised and updated edition of a woodworking classic (Taunton Press, 1980; 1-918804-05-1) which continues to sell thousands of copies a year to this day. New four colour photography is clearer and more informative. Comprehensive: everything you know about wood and wood technology: the nature of wood and its properties, the basics of wookworking technology, using the woodworker's raw materials.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential !, 31 Jul 2002
By Andy Dingley "andy_dingley" (Bristol, UK) - See all my reviews
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I cannot praise this book highly enough. The information contained in here is essential for any woodworker. Perhaps there are other ways to find this out, but this is by far the best book I know that contains all the useful things you need.

Wood is tricky stuff. It shrinks, expands and splits. It can't be used until it has gone through a complex drying and seasoning process. If you want to design furniture that doesn't open up gaps or, worst of all, split, then you need to understand this.

An incredibly well-written book. Just the right depth to be useful, yet readable.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Now I understand!, 28 Jan 2004
This is a fascinating book covering all aspects of wood as a raw material in furniture production etc. The color illustrations of the book are absolutely beatiful and the text is well written. There are indeed some very technical sections in the book (dealing e.g. with bending moduli and water content of wood), but the important points remain clear troughout. If you are thinking about drying your own fresh lumber and cutting it to make furniture, this will be a valuable ressource.
Highly informative and strongly recommended.
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