Notes On Wood (2/9/08)

There are two types of wood, hardwood and softwood. Hardwoods are generally from deciduous trees whereas softwoods are generally from evergreen trees.

Examples:

Hardwood: Oak, Ash, Beech, Yew, Walnut and Teak.

Softwood: Scots Pine, Spruce and Douglas Fir.

There are two methods of cutting trees, slab sawing (or plain sawing) and quater sawing (which has a variety of different methods).

Seasoning woods is a controlled drying of timber. It can be acheived either through natural seasoning or by kiln drying.