Wood Links
There is a large amount of good material already written about wood & woodwork. Here is some of it.
600 wood sample pictures identify wood & assist species choice
Getting rid of stumps the options
Bendywood the floppy wood
Achieving a honey brown finish on Oak
Osmo Polyx Oil for wood floors
Sagulator calculates sag
http://www.hometips.com/hyhw/structure/structure1.html
http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/load-bearing_walls.htm
Superbeam software (not free)
Skirting joints - which way & why
Stairs by Builder Bill
interesting timbers supplier
Period property wood finishing guide
Complete timber frames from old buildings available
Bendywood is hardwood treated to make it flexible to the point of somewhat floppy. Suitable for curved stair rails and futuristic architecture.