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Dry wood quickly with a vacuum kiln

Start your woodworking project in a few days instead of waiting months or years for your wood to dry!

Whether you make furniture, carvings, inlays, turnings, or other wood art and crafts, this book will show you how to assemble and use your own vacuum kiln for quickly drying small batches of wood.

• Vacuum Kiln Drying for Woodworkers

Exotic Wood Pictures

Hundreds of exotic woods are pictured along with descriptions and additional information. The aim is to provide accurate color and detail of every species of exotic wood.

• Exotic Wood Pictures site

Toxic Woods List

What are your chances of a reaction to wood? Statistics say that only 2% to 5% of all people develop an allergic sensitivity to one or more compounds found in wood. But if you handle a lot of potentially toxic species, and work with them long enough, you increase your chances of an allergic reaction. And with sufficient exposure, some woods bother almost everyone.

• "Wood/Dust Toxicity" Article
• AAW Wood Toxicity Resources

The Mpingo Conservation Project

Founded in 1995, the Mpingo Conservation Project aims to conserve the endangered East African Blackwood tree by promoting sustainable and socially equitable harvesting.

• The Mpingo Conservation Project