Woodworking with Fishtail Oak

Hickory wood comes from about 17-19 different species of trees, which are lumped together in the same category called Hickory. Most people who have ever enjoyed a good barbeque sauce or rub, have tasted a Hickory flavor. It is prized for slow smoking...

Bamboo isn't what most woodworkers think of when they think of working with wood, but it is an amazing natural resource and is tough enough and hard enough to use for a cutting board. Kleppin's Wooden Kitchen uses bamboo as an accent color to add fla...

Maple is one of the most often used hard woods for woodworking because it is abundant, relatively inexpensive, and beautiful. Maple trees provide much more than just lumber, however. Certain types of Maple also provide delicious Maple Syrup. Maple i...

Cherry wood, while not an exotic wood, is a lovely accent colored hard wood that is also food safe, and used to manufacture many items. The popularity of black cherry as a furniture and panel wood stems from its beauty and ease of use. It is uniform...

Jatoba, also known as Brazilian Cherry, is an extremely hard and durable wood, which why it's one of the TOP TEN hard woods favored by Bob Kleppin, of Kleppin's Wooden Kitchen, as he hand crafts elegant, one-of-a-kind and amazingly beautiful kitchen...

Katalox, known botanically as swartzia cubensis and sometimes called "Mexican Ebony" is hard wood with a tight grain. This is an extremely useful wood for many woodworking projects, including bowls and cutting boards. This is one of the 10 hardwoods...

Purple Heart gets its name from the core of the wood, which begins as a brown colored wood inside a lighter colored outer ring, but which turns purple as it is exposed to air. The color can vary from very dark, deep purple to such a light color that...

The top 3 reasons woodworkers love Walnut: It has a fine Grain, it's very resistant to wood rot, and it is highly resilient. Walnut is a fine American hardwood with many uses. At one time, black walnut was the #1 hardwood in use in colonial America,...

Monterillo is considered to be both Exotic and Rare, because the tree seldom grows large enough to produce lumber sized boards. This limits the availability for large projects, but the color and durability are excellent for the end grain butcher bloc...