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   Midnight | Mar 18, 2005 01:17am | #1

   son of a..........

   a wee while ago I paid a small fortune to get that same info in printed format....

   real usefull link Len.... thanks.!!

   Mike Wallace

   Stay safe....Have fun

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   BrentS | Mar 18, 2005 01:25am | #3

   I don't know where you bought your copy, but Lee Valley sells the book for $23 U.S. or $30 Canadian.Not really a small fortune to have all that info there when you need it.

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   Midnight | Mar 18, 2005 01:35am | #4

   I bought it from Amazon over your side o the pond...

   "Wood as an engineering material"...

   not a USDA publication, but the same basic info....Mike Wallace

   Stay safe....Have fun

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   BrentS | Mar 18, 2005 01:47am | #6

   Sorry Mike, I just checked your profile and realized you are in Scotland. I guess with the shipping and whatever duties and taxes you pay,it did come out to a small fortune.By the way, I understand that getting things shipped from Canada to the U.K. might be a bit cheaper than from the U.S.

                                                               Brent

   Edited 3/17/2005 6:49 pm ET by brent

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   Midnight | Mar 18, 2005 02:19am | #7

   I bought this..

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1892529025/qid=1111104809/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-0857396-9494359?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

   import duty depends on the whim of the customs guys... I'm dreading the duty bill on my pending L-N order... bt it still works out a wee bit cheaper than buying from UK suppliers... I honestly canna think of any Canadian tools I've bought direct... Veritas / Lee Valley I get from a local stockist...Mike Wallace

   Stay safe....Have fun

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   WillGeorge | Mar 18, 2005 02:49am | #8

   I visited Scotland a few years back.. I love ya folks!

   DO you 'really' speak English??  LOL

   I had a GREAT time!

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   BrentS | Mar 18, 2005 04:51am | #10

   Mike,

     That's the same book,with a different cover, that Lee Valley sells for $30 Canadian, $23 U.S. We also have a LN rep here in Canada, his name is Rob Cosman. If you find it is less to import from Canada you should talk to him.

                                                              Brent

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   81treehouse | Mar 18, 2005 06:55am | #11

   Recently spent a week in Pitlochry and thoroughly enjoyed the country, people and food.  If I were to move out of the US, we think Scotland would be very high on the list.A bad day woodworking is better than a good day working -- yes, I'm retired!

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   WillGeorge | Mar 18, 2005 01:18am | #2

   Thank you for the info...

   I guess I have some reading to do  LOL...

   
   

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   Edited 3/17/2005 6:19 pm ET by Will George

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   Dale | Mar 18, 2005 01:46am | #5

   You can normally find the USDA Wood Book on eBAY.  I have several copies from 1955 and up.  I've paid 6 bucks to my door if my memory is correct, for a 1950 something copy.  Makes for easier reading in my opion.

   Dale

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   douglas2cats | Mar 18, 2005 03:01am | #9

   That whole site has a lot of good info. If you go to the first part of the URL

   http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/

   you can search their site for a particular species. There will usually be a lot of other publications that show up other than just the entry in the wood handbook.

   There's also a French site that has some decent info

   http://wwww.cirad.fr/activites/bois/indexen.html

   Not quite as complete as the USDA site, but decent - at least the technical data sheet pages.

    

   If you build it - he will come.

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   lwj2 | Mar 19, 2005 06:04am | #12

   Thanks, Len. Most definitely bookmarked.

   Leon Jester
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   WillGeorge | Mar 26, 2005 05:57am | #13

   DANG I read it all..  Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I'm tired...