Finding Good Wood Doesn’t Have to be Hard
While it is very true that woodworking is a generic term covering a huge range of activities, it is unified in one aspect: wood. Folks who are not woodworkers are unlikely to appreciate the amazing characteristics of our favorite medium … from balsa to lignum vitae. And certainly those outside of our community will never know the swell of joy we feel as a truly unique piece of stock exits the planer and reveals its inner beauty. But often that presupposes we have a source of lumber to buy from. And in recent weeks I have learned that many of our cadre are having a bit of a challenge finding good quality hardwood. Some of that problem may be geographic. If you live in the middle of a desert in Nevada, you…