Category Archives: Cut and Dried

‘Cut & Dried’ and Assessing Wood Moisture Content

Editor’s note: The third edition of “Cut & Dried” should arrive in February. You can sign up to be notified when it arrives here. In this post, author Richard Jones explains his update to Chapter 6. In 2021, I decided I ought to update “Cut & Dried,” and the third reprint of it at the…

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‘Cut & Dried’ Third Printing

Late this year, we sold out of “Cut & Dried”. Author Richard Jones had some changes he wanted to make in the third edition. This week, we sent the book, with these changes, to press. Some of the changes were small corrections, such as moving an illustration up a bit to better match the text…

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Understand the Stress, Strain & Strength of Wood

The following in excerpted from “Cut & Dried: A Woodworker’s Guide to Timber Technology,” by Richard Jones. The author 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 this book,…

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Brashness or Brittle Heart

The following is excerpted from “Cut & Dried: A Woodworker’s Guide to Timber Technology,” by Richard Jones. 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:…

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Drying Faults in Lumber

The following is excerpted from “Cut & Dried,” by Richard Jones. Richard 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.”…

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