Questions tagged [wood-selection]
Questions regarding selection of wood for specific applications or characteristics.
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What types of wood are best for moist environments indoors?
What wood would you recommend for building a dish rack for the kitchen or shelves in the bathroom that can resist water from drying dishes or steam from hot showers?
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Glueing exotic woods
I really would like to build a electric guitar out of non-common super hard exotic woods. The problem I see regularly mentioned is that they tend to be really oily and difficult to glue. Is there ...
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Recommendation on making a shoe rack [duplicate]
First project - Trying to take up woodworking as a hobby and was confused with all the information available. Please be gentle.
I am trying to make a simple shoe rack that will be minimally used and ...
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2.7m Oak bench under window - what material? Veneered MDF seems too thin
I am about to embark on building a bench for under a window. It will be about 2.7m wide, 75cm in the window and 45cm deep either side of the window.
I was going to build the structure in MDF and then ...
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How heavy should the drawer front be?
I just finished building plywood drawers that are 60 cm wide x 50 cm deep x 15 cm high.
They are made of 10 mm plywood, hanging on high quality soft close slides that are rated 45 kg per pair or per ...
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What are the downsides of using Home Depot whitewood (spruce/pine/fir) for a sawhorse?
I would like to build a sawhorse and see Home Depot has those cheap “whitewood” 2x4’s. Would it be a bad idea to build a sawhorse with this wood?
Here’s the wood https://www.homedepot.com/p/2-in-x-4-...
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Guidance on building a ladder, but not just any ladder
I'm seeking advice on the best way to go about building a full scale replica of the Immovable Ladder [wikipedia], a late 17th/early 18th century wooden ladder that rests against a second story window ...
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Using white oak for underwater wall of pond - need to dry at all first or not?
I am looking at building a swimming pond and the deep end would have a wooden wall. The company I am buying the design specs from typically uses cedar for the wall. (Just so you can envision - the ...
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Seemingly odd exterior door jamb size
I am going to replace a rotted piece of a exterior door jamb for a friend. The best I can measure, it seems to be, 2-3/8" (or 2-1/2"?) x 1-1/4". I probably need to do some taking apart ...
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How to identify big-box store pine and poplar species?
Big-box stores like Home Depot and Lowes sell a lot of lumber labeled "pine" and "poplar", but these common names correspond to some very different species with very different ...
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How can I order wood which won't warp?
NB I am in the UK. The situation could be significantly different in other countries.
I currently want to build some simple bookcases. I loathe MDF and want to make these from solid wood.
Many years ...
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Would a frame of 44mm x 18mm wood be strong enough to support MDF doors? [closed]
I'm designing my first indoor bit of furniture and I'm planning to hide some Ikea bookshelves behind some MDF doors to make some built in cupboards
I was going to use the following 18x44mm timber for ...
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Using Balsa for Wood Slat Wall?
I'm interested in building something like this:
Would balsa wood be an acceptable material to use? Balsa is very lightweight, so I'm assuming it'll be easy to work with. It's also very cheap.
My plan ...
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How long should I leave a green yew stick clamped to a bench for straightening?
I have already gotten a lot of great info from some previous questions on here, but honestly speaking, I am trying to find a reliable answer for my ten year-old, son who (probably rightly) doubts my ...
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Help getting started building decorative wooden crates
I would like to build some crates like those shown in the attached photos (including the Indy crate!) but I am having trouble getting started because I am not great at coming up with plans myself. I'd ...
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