It always starts with a tree and it's usually oak. I've worked my way through so many logs of this timber, green, air dried or kiln dried. Rough sawn into beams or sawn through & through then well stickered for cabinet grade material, there is no other timber that I know so well. And why not oak? It's pretty enough to start with. Predictable, stable and strong it matures and ages very handsomely and it will last for eons.
It is not possible to make anything well from wood without first understanding what is going on with it and why it behaves the way it does. The best pieces are always made utilizing a timber's behavior and incorporating it's characteristics into the design and construction. If you don't do this, ultimately your work will self-destruct.
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