10-03-2015, 03:53 PM
(10-03-2015, 01:03 PM)Roadracer_Al Wrote: @ Mayhem: you're absolutely right. Oak has high acid content. Never use oak for tool boxes!!! Maple or ash are good hardwoods, poplar is a delightful wood to work with - wide, straight grain. For some reason, it's classified as a hard wood, but it's quite soft, IMHO.
I don't do much with wood, just collect useless information that seems strange. And strangely enough the terms are not based on how dense the wood is.
Hardwoods are defined as "Comes from angiosperm trees that are not monocots; trees are usually broad-leaved.".
Softwoods come from "Comes from gymnosperm trees which usually have needles and cones."