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Look for growth rings—formed by the yearly growth of a tree—which will be a dead-giveaway that the wood sample in question is a solid, genuine chunk of wood taken from a tree. Viewing the end of this “board” reveals its true identity: particleboard.
Search, sort, and filter hundreds of woods from across the globe and break out of the ordinary! Wood Identification Guide. A common-sense, step by step guide to help point you in the right direction and start identifying wood. World’s Strongest Woods.
How We Identify Wood. We offer the most accurate identifications that scientific methods will allow. Our ID’s are done empirically (the most accurate way) and not comparatively. The samples are processed using thin sections (wood) and fractured surfaces (charcoal) via optical microscopy.
In most cases, wood id. begins with examining the end grain surface of the specimen. End-grain is also known as the cross-sectional surface of a wood block. This is the surface that is exposed when the wood cells have been cut perpendicular to their length (at a right angle to the tree stem axis).
WOOD! IDENTIFYING AND USING HUNDREDS OF WOODS WORLDWIDE. ERIC MEIER. Table of Contents. 11 ONE|Foundations: What is Wood? HARDWOODS AND SOFTWOODS | TREE GROWTH | SAPWOOD AND HEARTWOOD. PLANES OR SURFACES OF WOOD | GRAIN APPEARANCE | RAYS. 7 TWO|Building on Basics: Wood and Moisture. DIMENSIONAL SHRINKAGE | WOOD FINISHES AND MOISTURE.
How to take a Wood Sample. Guidelines for Taking Wood Samples from Objects of Antiquity. (These are best-case scenario guidelines, and should be followed when possible.) Where To Sample. In an unexposed area of the object that is not structurally crucial. In an area of straight grain, free from knots and burls.
FSC, U.S. Forest Service, World Resources Institute, Agroisolab, and Kew Gardens have joined forces to launch the WorldForestID project, which has set out to build the world’s largest database of geo-referenced wood samples from all regions of the world where illegal logging is an issue.
