Oregon Wood Works
Guild of Oregon Woodworkers Volume #29, Issue #06 June 2012 OREGON WOOD WORKS A LL ABOUT WOOD BOB OSWALD Pernambuco. A rare wood now on the forbid- and the way they are harvested generates sub- den harvest and sales list. It got me to think- classes such as curly, quilted, Birdseye and ing one evening about wood as I was sitting more. on the porch looking out over a number of Exotic hardwoods are almost limitless. Zeb- Douglas Fir trees. So many species. Oregon rawood, Blackwood, Bocote, Bubinga, Buck- is made of wood. The world is made of eye, Camphor, Cocobolo, Ebony, Bamboo, wood. Simple woods, as we woodworkers Lyptus, Mahogany, Purple Heart, Ironwood, would think of them, like Northwest Fir; used Lacewood, Kingwood, Osage, Rosewood, to build hundreds of thousands of homes. Sandlewood, Sapele, Snakewood, Wenge, Pine, Oregon or the East Coast, makes mil- Teak, to name a few of the more well known. lions of pieces of furniture. Woodworking itself is as diverse a hobby or a And many other common woods such as Al- profession as the supply of raw material. der, Oak, Maple and Walnut used daily to Countless ways to work with the woods, from build things like furniture. simple and elegant hand tools to a wide array Inside this Issue: There are so many species! Softwoods: Pine, of power tools. Exotic Violin Bows 2 Fir, Balsam, Cypress, Hemlock, Larch, Ce- This listing names but a few. Many woods dar, Spruce, most exist in numerous species. have specialty purposes. Balsa for model Hardwoods, the list is immense.
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