Post oak’s popularity has put it in high demand, but some wood suppliers may try to pass off white oak, live oak, and even red oak as post oak. Here’s how to tell the difference.

Live oak wood is invaluable for ship restoration. A whaling vessel built in 1841, the Charles W. Morgan, will be an immediate beneficiary.

In this woodworking video I use a woodturning lathe to turn a large chunk of freshly cut Oak into a natural edge bowl using the bark of the tree as the live rim of the bowl. Every piece starts with a ...

“In fact, the old wooden sailing ship the U.S.S. Constitution was built from live oak wood. The ship was nicknamed ‘Old Ironsides’ because cannonballs reportedly bounced off its wooden hulls ...