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Below you will find the names and common uses of several woods that can be used in general wood working. This list is meant to be a general reference and guide to the hobbyist wood worker.

Acquiring most wood beyond pine can be rather expensive. If you are into wood turning like me, you'll find it much easier to get good quality woods if you offer to assist friends and neighbors in some regular tree trimming maintenence in their yards and gardens. And if you don't know anyone who has some decent trees, you can always place a classified ad, in the paper offering to haul away branches. These are great ways to get some really great woods for free.

HARD WOODS

Red Alder - mostly used in furniture and mill work
White Ash - used for Oars, baseball bats, veneers, furniture & cabinetry
Aspen - furniture, mill work, particle board and veneer
Balsa Wood - insulation, model making and packaging
Basswood - molding, wooden ware, carving, and veneer
Beech - flooring, veneer, containers and furniture
Yellow Birch - furniture, boxes, doors, interior woodwork, veneer
Butternut - furniture, cabinets veneer and interior woodwork
Cherry - furniture, veneer, caskets, architectural woodwork
Elm - veneer and decorative panels
Chestnut - furniture, caskets, interior woodwork and veneer
Hickory - tool handles, dowels, furniture, & flavoring meat
Soft Maple - veneer, furniture, railroad crossties
Hard Maple - lumber, veneer, furniture, cabinets, cutting boards, bowling alleys and bobbins
Red Oak - lumber, veneer, mill work, furniture, and caskets
Yellow Poplar - furniture, molding, cabinets, instruments, plywood
White Oak - cooperage, veneer, shipbuilding, furniture, & millwork
Sassafras - small boats, fence posts, and mill work
Pecan - chairs and bentwood furniture
Sweetgum - furniture, woodwork, veneer, plywood
Sycamore - lumber, veneer, fuel, furniture, butcher blocks
Black Walnut - furniture, architectural woodwork, gun stocks, and interior woodwork
Tupelo - lumber, veneer, furniture, pallets, & crates
Willow - lumber, veneer, furniture, boxes, and caskets

SOFT WOODS

Eastern Red Cedar - fence posts, chests, wardrobes, & pencils
Western Red Ceder - interior woodwork, shipbuilding, doors
White Cedar - cabin logs, woodenware, boats, fencing
Cypress - siding, mill work, & interior woodwork
Douglas Fir - lumber, plywood, mill work, funiture
Hemlock - plywood, furniture, lumber, boxes, ladders
Ponderosa Pine - lumber & veneer, interior wood work
Redwood - construction and outdoor furniture
Sugar Pine - mill work, boxes, doors and frames
Sitka Spruce - lumber, pulpwood, furniture, mill work and aircraft construction
White Pine - lumber, mill work, interior woodwork
Southern Pine - structural plywood, construction, boxes pallets

EXOTIC WOODS

Bubinga - furniture, veneers, and wood turning
Padauk - veneer, find cabinetry and other woodwork
Jelutong - making patterns, wooden shoes, picture frames
Purple Heart - turning marquetry, fine furniture, shipbuilding
Honduran Mahogany - fine furniture, musical instruments, veneer, wood turning and carving
Brazilian Rosewood - plywood, veneer, and turning
Luan Mahogany - furniture, cabinetry, molding and decking
Indian Rosewood - veneer
Teak - shipbuilding, furniture, and veneers
Wenge - fine cabinetry, fine furniture, and wood turning
Zebrawood - inlays for decorative contrast
Koa - wood craft, fine furniture, and turning

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