How do you lose 300 containers of Bubinga once they have been seized at the port?  Moreover how did you allow that many trees to be felled in the first place?

Episode 6: BubingaGate

An 8/4, Kiln dried podcast all about lumber and your questions about it.  Let's dispel some myths and broaden an understanding of this ancient industry and help us all become a little more wood savvy...woodier??

Leisure

Lots of breaking news in the Lumber world and it was time I dust off my teleprompter and read everything that is on it.  News from Notre Dame, the Paris Aquatic Center, Carbon Fiber and Mass Timber, Key Bridge Tragedy, and lots of great feedback from y'all.  Plus I fit a few questions in about drying end grain cookies, lumber jobs, and Aniegre.

122 The News Show

Today we talk about American Hornbeam, why some trees are brittle, fast growing trees for lumber, IBAMA strike and the CITES impact, and a possible source for urban lumber.

121 - American Hornbeam

Let's talk about grassroots sustainability and how giving back as users of wood can start with education and grow into all kinds of programs for and individual or your local woodworking guild or even sawmill business.

120 - Wood Legacy

Iroko or African Teak is the featured species this month.  Found all across tropical Africa, the Iroko tree is enormous producing wide and long boards.  It is growing in popularity as an alternative to Teak due to its similar color.  But Iroko is a great species all on its own for exterior and interior projects.

119 Iroko

Wood strength is a loaded statement.  There are so many factors in HOW we use a board that determine which properties we look to for strength.  This quickly gets complex so today I will boil it down to a density number and dispel the myth that rate of growth (width of rings) has anything to do with the density.

Episode 6: BubingaGate

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