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Useful DIY Tips And Information About Wood

Here some DIY tips and information about wood and how to work with wood that a home handyman will find useful.

Obeche

Obeche is an easily worked wood that is often used in the manufacture of whitewood furniture.

Plywood

Plywood is made from three or more pieces of wood veneer glued with their grains at right angles to the ajacent piece. This results in a thin, light board of high strength.

Softwood

Softwood is timber that comes from coniferous trees.

Utile

Utile is a hardwood which is pink-brown in color and has an irregular grain. Utile is often used for furniture.

Warped

Lengths of wood that have been twisted out of shape by uneven shrinkage, or extreme changes in temperature are said to be warped.

Yew

Yew is a very heavy and close-grained softwood that is used by cabinet makers. Yew is classed as a softwood. It is orange or brown in color.