Wood Properties and Wood Selection Software
These programs will help you learn about the physical and working
properties of different wood species and help you select appropriate
woods for your woodworking projects. Included are a few free
spreadsheets that help you determine the common and scientific names of
different woods.
Wood Picker
A screening tool that allows you to identify woods based on up to 10
different criteria such as weight, hardness, and strength. The output
includes properties of woods that are exact matches as well as
properties of all other woods, ranked from highest to lowest relevance.
The easy way to find just the right wood for that special project.
WoodBin.com. Online utility.
Woodpro Free
A lumber database and wood selection system featuring 331 common types
of wood and their properties. Ken Young, DOS.
Woodsearch
Free
An Excel workbook containing over 16,000 common wood names and their
corresponding species names. Includes several wood searching and sorting
macros. Dave Bilger of B&B Rare Woods, Mac/Windows.
Woodsearch Free
An online version of the Woodsearch Excel workbook. Type in the common
or species name and get a list of all matching woods. Courtesy of Rick's
Woodshop Creations and Dave Bilger. Online utility.
Wood Explorer
CD and online resource containing a cornucopia of information for over
1650 different types of wood. You can search by appearance, common name,
scientific name, or by specific criteria such as bending strength or
hardness. You can also side-by-side comparison of woods for properties
such as bending strength, weight, side hardness, and stiffness.
TheWoodExplorer.com. Windows/Macintosh/Unix.
Woods of the World
The ultimate multimedia database about wood, including common uses,
distribution, physical and woodworking properties, mechanical
values, photographs, and much more. ForestWorld.com.
Windows/Macintosh.
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