{"id":49707,"date":"2019-07-18T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=49707"},"modified":"2025-08-26T21:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T01:30:18","slug":"choose-the-best-wood-for-your-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/07\/18\/choose-the-best-wood-for-your-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose the best wood for your project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2mWLJFlDB_4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Rex Krueger<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Premiered 4 hours ago<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More video and exclusive content: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rexkrueger\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rexkrueger<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Get t-shirts, plans, and hoodies: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rexkrueger.com\/store\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.rexkrueger.com\/store<\/a><br \/>\nFollow me on Instagram: @rexkrueger<\/p>\n<p>Get my woodturning book: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rexkrueger.com\/book\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.rexkrueger.com\/book<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neil McKinlay and his podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrViKDPU1wnnrP5S8nR1-fQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrVi&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>With the Grain: A Craftsman&#8217;s Guide to Understanding Wood<\/em>, Christian Becksvoort (Lost Art Press): <a href=\"https:\/\/lostartpress.com\/collections\/books\/products\/with-the-grain-a-craftsman-s-guide-to-understanding-wood\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lostartpress.com\/collections\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to get woodworking? Check out the ultra-basic, ultra-cheap, Woodwork for Humans Series: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLR_8ISkKkV7ky1wbbBUkE3-kwH6LRRWY1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLR_8ISkKkV7ky1wbbBUkE3-kwH6LRRWY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Woodwork for Humans Tool List (affiliate):<\/p>\n<p>Stanley 12-404 Handplane: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TjW5mo\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TjW5mo<\/a><br \/>\nHoning Guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TaJEZM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TaJEZM<\/a><br \/>\nGreen buffing compound: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XuUBE2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XuUBE2<\/a><br \/>\nCheap metal\/plastic hammer for plane adjusting: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XyE7Ln\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2XyE7Ln<\/a><br \/>\nSpade Bits: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2U5kvML\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2U5kvML<\/a><br \/>\nMetal File: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CM985y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CM985y<\/a> (I don&#8217;t own this one, but it looks good and gets good reviews. DOESN&#8217;T NEED A HANDLE)<br \/>\nBlock Plane Iron (to make a scrub plane): <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2I6V1vh\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2I6V1vh<\/a><br \/>\nVaughn Bear Saw: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WoIzLP\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2WoIzLP<\/a><br \/>\nDewalt Handsaw: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IAHX1Z\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2IAHX1Z<\/a><br \/>\nStanley Marking Knife: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Ewrxo3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Ewrxo3<\/a><br \/>\nHacksaw: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LOpQ9X\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LOpQ9X<\/a><br \/>\nHex Shaft Drill Bits: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LJZg1I\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LJZg1I<\/a><br \/>\n(These will fit a bit-brace)<br \/>\nCountersink: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LMuvZN\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LMuvZN<\/a><br \/>\nSmall File: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LJDs6k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LJDs6k<\/a> (needs a handle)<br \/>\nMy favorite file handles: <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TPNPpr\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2TPNPpr<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rex Krueger Premiered 4 hours ago More video and exclusive content: http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/rexkrueger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[1159,1291],"class_list":["post-49707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-woodworking","tag-materials","tag-rexkrueger"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-cVJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49707"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97480,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49707\/revisions\/97480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}