I call this the wood room, although it’s really just a space behind a huge brick chimney foundation that I wish were gone from my basement shop. There are over 130 wood species here, and all but about 20 can be identified, kinda. The third photo shows a wheeled rack that I have to move from side to side to access the wall racks, and which added about 30% more storage space to the “room”. I’ve made tampers from about a third of the species, and all those other possibilities make me wake up excited every day! This collection came from junk shops, estate sales, shady parking-lot wood dealers, the firewood pile, or fancy wood shops that I frequent whenever I’m out traveling. I have to humidify in the winter and dehumidify in the summer to keep the wood more or less happy, and it stays between 62-68 degrees and 33-45% humidity: nice working conditions!
