The Essential Wood Book, 2nd EditionThe Essential Wood Book, 2nd Edition The Woodworkers Guide to Choosing and Using Lumber Edited by Tim Snyder The right lumber makes all the difference. For any active woodworker, carpenter, or maker, knowing what wood to use and how to use it is critical to woodworking success. To that end, The Essential Wood Book makes the basics of using and choosing wood easy to understand. While some wood books are highly scientific or overflowing with exotic or