Gene Wengert, the Wood Doctor, also answers questions and gives tips for bending wood and measuring core and shell moisture content.

Despite its name, soft maple is a more than adequate species for furniture, flooring, cabinets and other products.

Gene Wengert, the "Wood Doctor," also answers questions about the value of flooded lumber and dealing with brittle pine.

In addition to being a popular species for furniture, American cherry is a good domestic cabinet wood due to its warm red tone and dramatic grain cathedrals.

Aspen, also known as aspen poplar, poplar (especially outside North America), popple, trembling aspen, bigtooth aspen, quaky and a dozen other local names, is a wonderful wood for many use.

"Wood Doctor" Gene Wengert also answers questions about light marks in lumber and cracks in interior veneers in plywood.

Also questions about wood turning red, light colored spots, and drying wood to be white.

Basswood (Tilia americana), also called linden, is a beautiful, fast growing tree reaching heights of 130 feet. It has a straight trunk, with most of the bole limb-free, thereby producing large volumes of clear lumber. The wood is creamy white, low in weight and strength, and without much obvious grain.

Also some advice on wood selection and construction for wood fencing.

Common and plentiful, sweetgum is still not seen in most sawmills and furniture plants.