Wood Info (For lack of a better title)

[Tim Crosby]

      FWIW Over in the For Sale forum there is a post on Sassafras wood, here is a site with a breakdown of wood, scroll down until you get to the species descriptions. If you like tech manuals you will like this one. I am sure form the scientific to the practical side there will be differences as always. 

 Tim C.

PS: Don’t shoot the messanger.TC   

http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr190/chapter_02.pdf

[jwh1947]

Useful material.  Hey, Fred Miller is vindicated.  There is not only a black maple, but it is hard and strong.

[Captchee]

interesting .
 i did a SXS stock out of  Black Limba a while back . working it was not like teak . but more like English walnut . In fact i didnt find the piece i was working with anything like teak . Much , much harder with the grain changing quickly

[msw]

nice looking piece... where can one get a blank?

[Captchee]

 i got it  from
High Desert Hardwoods
 Eagle ID
208)939-9366

 great place . you can go in , go through invantory and  hand pick what you want .

 i had to buy  the full plank on that one though to get the area i wanted . plank was
18 in  W 10 ft long and  2/1/2 inches thick