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Carpentry Wood And Lumber Vocab

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1. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.






2. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.






3. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.






4. Any deviation from straightness in a piece of lumber.






5. Numbers and letters used to rank wood according to quality.






6. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






7. The rings seen when viewing a cross-section of a tree trunk; each ring constitutes one year of tree growth.






8. Machine that makes moldings or a thin strip placed between layers of lumber to create an air space for drying.






9. Lumber that has not been dried to a suitable moisture content.






10. Large pieces of lumber over 5' in thickness and width.






11. A method of sawing lumber that produces flat grain.






12. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.






13. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.






14. A type of warp in which the side of lumber is curved from end to end.






15. A layer just inside the bark of a tree where new cells are formed.






16. A type of warp in which the edge of a lumber is not straight.






17. Bands of cells radiating from the cambium layer to the pith of a tree to transport nourishment toward the center.






18. An opening in lumber between annular rings containing pitch in either liquid or solid form.






19. The outer part of a tree just beneath the bark containing active cells.






20. The point at which the moisture content of wood is equal to the moisture content of the surrounding air.






21. Trees that shed leaves each year.






22. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'






23. Lumber dried by placing it in huge ovens called kilns.






24. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.






25. Lumber that has been dried to a suitable moisture content.






26. The wood in the inner part of a tree - usually darker and containing inactive cells.






27. A lower grade of hardwood lumber.






28. The portion of wood that contains the first seven to fifteen growth rings of a log. They are located in the pith.






29. Any deviation from straightness in a piece of lumber.






30. A person whose job is to cut logs into lumber.






31. Lumber usually 8' or more in width and less than 2' thick.






32. The small - soft core at the center of a tree.






33. A volume of wood that measures 1' square and 1' thick or any equivalent lumber volume.






34. Trees that shed leaves each year.






35. The amount of moisture in wood expressed as a percentage of the dry weight.






36. The best grade of hardwood lumber.






37. A method of sawing lumber parallel to the medullary rays to produce edge-grain lumber.






38. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.






39. The moisture content of wood when the cell cavities are empty but the cell walls are still saturated.






40. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.






41. Large pieces of lumber over 5' in thickness and width.






42. The level of the ground: also identifies the quality of the lumber.






43. A device used to determine the moisture content of wood.






44. Cone bearing tree; also known as evergreen tree.






45. Lumber that has been seasoned by drying in the air.






46. Wood used for framing having a nominal thickness of 2'






47. A defect in lumber caused by a separation of the annular ring; also - a type of wood shingle.






48. A defect in lumber caused by cutting through a branch of limb embedded in the log.






49. The outer part of a tree just beneath the bark containing active cells.






50. Wood that is cut from the log to form boards - planks - and timbers.