In this video, I work with a yellow birch log harvested a year and a half ago. Despite scoring the bark to prevent rot damage, the wood remained punky and presented challenges in finishing.

3D printers are built for additive manufacturing. However, at heart, they are really just simple CNC motion platforms, and can be readily repurposed to other tasks. As [Arseniy] demonstrates, it’s not ...

You can register for each class through the hosting location. To register for a class or to learn more, head to Coneflower Creations' Facebook page. Crews worked Monday morning to put out a fire at a ...

American start-up InventWood claims to have "reinvented wood from the inside out" with a patented process that restructures the material's molecules to make it ten times stronger than regular wood.

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country (EHU), together with Wuhan University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), was inspired by naturally occurring processes that give ...

Pyrography, commonly known as wood burning, is an ancient art of decorating wood (or other materials) with burn marks. It involves using a heated tool for creating designs, patterns, and even images ...

Maryland-based InventWood is doing just what its name implies: inventing a new type of wood. The new building material consists of wood and a high-tech process involving heat, pressure, and food ...

The natural, organic look and feel that make wood such a popular material to work with also tend to attract minor imperfections like nail holes, gaps, scratches, and splits. Luckily, a good wood ...

It’s amazing what can be created with the use of wood and a little hard work — or 80 hours worth of hard work, rather. From little trinkets to elaborate fairy castles, our imaginations are truly the ...

It’s that time of year again when many of us dream of chestnuts roasting in an open fire, as those long winter nights draw in. Open fire places might look comforting and cosy, but what about the smoke ...