Wood identification *LINK*

Wood identification LINK

2/2/04, 5:18 PM #1

Clay Craig in Miami
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Wood identification *LINK*

Clay Craig in Miami

>I saw this site posted over on the power side, and thought I'd share it here. This is great (maybe I'm the last to find it?) - 270 or so very large and detailed images of American wood samples (obviously photographed direct from the samples), with three images of each wood. Click the '>>' at the bottom to see subsequent pages. Some emphasis on western species, and no tropicals, but all in all a great resource.

(You do have to click on the thumbnail, then also click on the next image, to finally get to the full-size 'zoomed' image.)

Go to this site and search for HOUGH

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/

(no external linking to the index, apparently)

Below is a link to an example page (pin oak) (Is there an easy way to include 2 links with a message here, or would I have to put the html tag for one of them in the text here to do so?)

Clay

pin oak image

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2/2/04, 5:29 PM #2

Dan Donaldson
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Dan Donaldson

>You would have to use the HTML tag to put more than one in the message.

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I have been woodworking for about 25 years now, and would consider myself an enthusiastic amateur. My claim to fame (or infamy) has always been fixing stuff. I spent time in the Air Force in the 60's then went to work as an electronic technician for civil service. I finally got my EE, and being fed up with the civil service nonsense, took a job with Ford Motor Company until I went with the split to Visteon last year. I got interested in music and started playing in a bluegrass band. I wanted a new guitar, and that kind of led me into woodworking. I bought some books, a few tools, and built a guitar. Luckily, I didn't know any better than to try that as a first ever project. I still play it when I get a chance, so it must not be too bad if it can live for over 20 years. After a stint in Mexico for my job, I moved into a new house and built a small shop. Since then I have been collecting tools and skills, probably more of the former than the latter ;-). Finding this site has done more for my skills and enjoyment than anything else. I have learned a lot and really enjoy the friendships that I have made here. I have been married to LOML (Lori) for 32 years now and have 6 kids. When they are all gone, I want to get a 1 bedroom house (so there is not room for them to move back in) and at least a 6 car heated/air conditioned garage for a shop. (Dream on...)

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2/2/04, 8:22 PM #3

Bill Lowrance
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Bill Lowrance

>That's a scan of a page in the wonderful, if eccentrically organized, "Woodbook," Taschen publishing company's upgraded multilingual reprint of Romeyn Beck Hough's 1928 book, "The American Woods."

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