{"id":24833,"date":"2020-08-13T05:09:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T10:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/?page_id=24833"},"modified":"2020-10-13T05:04:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T10:04:17","slug":"working-with-unknown-or-obscure-woods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wood-database.com\/wood-articles\/working-with-unknown-or-obscure-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with Unknown or Obscure Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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By Eric Meier<\/strong><\/p>

You’ve got a piece of wood, maybe it was inherited or passed along from someone, and you’re not sure what it is. Your best attempts at identification<\/a> have turned up fruitless. Or perhaps you’ve cut down a standing tree (or recovered a storm-damaged tree) and you know exactly what you’ve got\u2014but it’s a very obscure species with no available information (it would be pretty awesome if you could send me a piece<\/a>). In these instances, it helps to keep a few guidelines in mind to help get the best out of the wood.<\/p>

Stereotypes can be good…<\/h2>

…When it comes to wood, that is. Basically, there are certain characteristics that are observable in wood, which can help give hints as to how a wood will probably behave when being worked. While not infallible, they are much better than flying blind.\u00a0<\/p>

The following could be thought of as a list of “wood stereotypes” in a sense, and they should help give a better idea of what to expect when working with an unknown or obscure piece of wood.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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