Tim Knight
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A Popular Hardwood for Interior Parts
Mentioned in a previous post, yellow poplar is my go-to wood for many of my woodworking projects.
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The Cheap, Good Wood
The words cheap and good usually aren’t used together when the subject is wood for woodworking. But in the case of the Southern yellow pines, this wording is well-suited.
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Christmas Wood and the “Poor Man’s Ebony”
Tim Knight shares how American holly came to be known as the Christmas Wood and Poor Man’s Ebony
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Hardboard and Masonite: Uniform Wood Products
A couple of years ago, a question arose within the pages of Woodworker’s Journal concerning the origination of “Masonite®.”
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Oak Lumber – White or Red?
As promised many moons ago, here are the sure ways to tell the difference between red and white oak after they are sawn into lumber.
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Hardboard: the All-Natural Wood Product
Tim Knight looks at the two basic processes used to manufacture hardboard (sometimes known as Masonite): the wet method and the dry method.
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Gibson Guitars, the Lacey Act, and You
I would guess we all have heard about the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s raid on the Gibson Guitar company on August 25th. If you haven’t, you need to push back the rock a little.
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It’s Not Cedar
Cedar is used in many different projects in woodworking. There is one small problem, however; none of these commercial woods are, in fact, cedar.
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Buying (or Selling) Logs for Lumber – Log Rules Part 3
Tim Knight shares methods on how to protect yourself when selling logs from your woodlot. Using his method will more likely result in obtaining a price based on quality rather than some arbitrary log scale.
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Buying (or Selling) Logs For Lumber – Log Rules Part 2
The three most popular log rules used in modern forestry are the Doyle, Scribner, and International 1/4. A typical log rule is an equation that seeks to estimate board feet of lumber from a log.
