Learning About Wood: how to become a successful woodworker.

This course is designed to give you, the student, a grasp of wood characteristics which will result in more attractiveness and structural integrity in all your future projects.  You will learn: - the five parts of a tree trunk and the two that are most serviceable - how wood structure makes end grain gluing worthless - how to read wood grain and why its important - how wood grain relates to wood movement - why reading wood grain is critical to proper planing direction - about wood strength and how heavy loads are handled with wood in compression - how to avoid boards with uncorrectable defects - how to select good boards - what species and types of wood are suitable for your projects - to do a “cut list” to figure out how much wood to buy for a project - characteristics of veneers, plywood, and marine plywood - when it is necessary to use dimensionally stable material.

Requirements Just an interest in discovering wood !