Learning About Wood: how to become a successful woodworker.
Describes woods structure, characteristics, and limitations - things that every woodworker should know.
Ratings 4.80 / 5.00
What You Will Learn!
- The structure of wood
- Parts of a tree trunk
- A description of some wood species
- The importnace of understanding wood grain
- How and why wood moves
- To spot common defects and how to deal with them
- How to avoid the "fatal flaws"
- The terminology of wood dimensions
- How to figure out the quantity of wood to buy
- The characteristics of veneers and plywood
- Some tips on how to buy wood
Description
This course is designed to give you, the student, a grasp of wood characteristics which will result in more attractiveness and structural integrity in all your future projects. You will learn:
- the five parts of a tree trunk and the two that are most serviceable
- how wood structure makes end grain gluing worthless
- how to read wood grain and why its important
- how wood grain relates to wood movement
- why reading wood grain is critical to proper planing direction
- about wood strength and how heavy loads are handled with wood in compression
- how to avoid boards with uncorrectable defects
- how to select good boards
- what species and types of wood are suitable for your projects
- to do a “cut list” to figure out how much wood to buy for a project
- characteristics of veneers, plywood, and marine plywood
- when it is necessary to use dimensionally stable material.
Who Should Attend!
- Beginners interested in becoming woodworkers
- Intermediate and more experienced woodworkers