Welcome Mosfet, I agree with Greg that the search engine can provide some really useful info. I suppose that as a forum archive gets bigger and bigger, it becomes a labyrinth, but keep plugging away at the search and words you use and you will have success! Often, the answers and debate around your question will become the latest information on a subject as new products and materials are often introduced complimenting or replacing the older ones.
If you are a carpenter and like building in wood then I can recommend members like Missy D and BB who do some amazing work in wood, while GRP is very popular and much knowledge is to be found here on types of resin, cloth/matt and its application.
Once you have a project set, do put up a Blog, as we like interesting things to see of an evening