Cut & Dried

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Serious woodworkers have long been starved of accurate information on wood technology that’s explained in language for artisans – instead of for scientists.

Author Richard Jones has spent his entire life as a professional woodworker and has dedicated himself to researching the technical details of wood in great depth, this material being the woodworker’s most important resource. The result is “Cut & Dried: A Woodworker’s Guide to Timber Technology.” In this book, Richard explores every aspect of the tree and its wood, from how it grows to how it is then cut, dried and delivered to your workshop.

Richard explores many of the things that can go right or wrong in the delicate process of felling trees, converting them into boards, and drying those boards ready to make fine furniture and other wooden structures. He helps you identify problems you might be having with your lumber and – when possible – the ways to fix the problem or avoid it in the future.

“Cut & Dried” is a massive text that covers the big picture (is forestry good?) and the tiniest details (what is that fungus attacking my stock?). And Richard offers precise descriptions throughout that demanding woodworkers need to know in order to do demanding work.

Richard’s book provides a complete picture of how wood works. If you are decidedly non-technical and hate math, you’ll find what you need here. Richard explains how trees work in terms any woodworker can understand.

But for those woodworkers who want to understand “why” comprehensively, Richard has delved thoroughly into the science and math behind wood technology. You can go as deep as you like.

Representing years of research and a lifetime of working with wood, “Cut & Dried” is intended to become the definitive book on the subject for practicing craftsmen.

Lost Art Press, 2019. Hardcover, 321 pages. Printed and bound in the United States.