Paul Hinds
WOOD ID PRESENTATION HANDOUT
ALL OF THIS CAN BE FOUND AT
www.phinds.com/wood-ID-presentation/ [case-sensitive: note upper case "ID"]
web site links can be clicked on from there
phinds@phinds.com

The presentation to which this handout is attached can be seen here: WOOD ID PRESENTATION DECK I noticed that it does not present well in I.E. but is OK in FireFox. It does not present at all in Chrome and I haven't tested it in any other browsers. If you were not at the presentation, the slide deck will sometimes not make much sense because it doesn't show any of the things I said during the presentation.


general wood ID sites

• Mine http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/
• Eric's http://www.wood-datebase.com/
• Wood ID sub-forum on The Wood Barter http://woodbarter.com/forums/wood-identification-characteristics-of-wood.40/ (you'll have to join the forum before you can post a wood for identification)

end grain close-up reference sites

• For FINDING a wood:
• Mine http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_anatomy/_anatomy.htm This main page links to pages for growth rings and parenchyma and a few other topics and eventually to 1,700+ end grain pics at 12X organized by characteristics
• For CONFIRMING a wood:
• Eric's (same as general web site above)
• NCSU LUNA http://images.lib.ncsu.edu/luna/servlet/view/search?q==%22Modern%20Wood%22 (you have to enter a space and then a botanical name after it says ="Modern Wood". It does not take common names)

other web sites (these are clickable links)

• A good list of Wood ID resources (books, web sites, etc) Wood Barter list of Wood ID Resources
• Illustrated glossary of wood and woodworking terms, cross-reference with HTML: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_glossary.htm
• Illustrated discussions of grain and figure terms such as indented grain, interlocked grain, dozens more: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_@_figure.htm
• Illustrations of figure and grain terms ("the look of processed wood") http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_discussion_figureandgrain_pics.htm

recommended grits for sanding (higher and lower ends may not be necessary in any given case).

• set 1: 80 120 180 220/240 320 400 (hard wood)
• set 2: 100 150 220 320 400 (medium wood)
• set 3: 120 220 320 400 (soft wood)

wood ID books (and more are listed in the first link in the paragraph above this one)

• Bruce Hoadley Identifying Wood
• Bruce Hoadley Understanding Wood
• Eric's Meier Idenfitying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
• IWCS A Guide to Useful Woods of the World
• IWCS A guide to More Useful Woods of the World --- email Dennis Wilson at denwils21@gmail.com

equipment

• 10X loupe --- I recommend Bausch and Lomb "Coddington" 10X loupe ($18)
• You can also get the Bausch & Lomb "Hastings" 10X loupe which has a larger field of view but costs $44
• Random Orbital Sander --- any should do. I use a Dewalt 5" 8-hole and I get pads from Klingspore at http://www.woodworkingshop.com/abrasive-discs/ (if you'd like a small variety of the 5" 8-hole type I can sell them to you since I buy lots of sizes in bulk.

Wood Samples (These three all supply very good samples)

• Mark Peet markrpeet@hotmail.com
• Gary Green ggreen3@earthlink.net
• Alan Curis abcwoods1@gmail.com (sometimes takes a while to process orders)

My bowls: if you know anyone who might buy segmented bowls (perhaps as a present for someone at Xmas) please let them know about my bowls: http://www.phinds.com/bowls/

Wood Poster: 240 woods illustrated and with common names: http://www.woodposter.com/ (and I encourage you to check out the "back story" also linked to on that page)

Veneer: if you need any veneer for laminated projects of jewelry box type projects let me know about bulk or contrast wood needs at phinds@phinds.com (particularly nice pieces are individually pictured at Jewelry Box Veneers: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/store/ )

Wood Name Database with 26,000+ species names with a total of 140,000+ common names, coming from over 3,800 genera (320+ families). Currently this requires "installation", which has proven problematic on some systems, so I'll be putting out a no-installation version soon: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/wood_name_database