Any aspiring woodworker will benefit from understanding an important set of properties of wood that are not obvious on the surface. These properties are not present in most materials that you would create with and indicate special consideration and practices for success. Wood can be a trickster if you do not understand it’s once living side.
Woodworking Foundations: Wood Properties How a log expands and contracts with moisture content 1:40 How milled lumber changes with moisture content 4:14 Vert...