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Carpentry Wood Shop Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Stationary tool that does the same job as a regular drill - at a fixed angle - bit moves up and down - same hole is made each and every time






2. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint. male half






3. Coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood






4. A hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint. the female half.






5. Finished edge of wood where pieces are usually joined






6. The center or pit of the wood






7. Cut (wood) along the grain






8. Flat bottom drill






9. Flat bottom drill






10. A fixed bar for support






11. Japanese saw that works with the backward motion of cutting with the saw






12. A fixed bar for support






13. When you create a device to guide your wood in a certain way on a saw or tool






14. A sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers - split (wood) into thin sheets with the grains going all the same way






15. A tool used to shave wood off edges to make them ready to be connected






16. A crack that is formed in the wood during the seasoning process.






17. The process of drying wood.






18. To remove material in a more detailed sense of working






19. To remove material in a more general way and giving form to the wood






20. When the wood bends with the grain






21. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






22. Soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar - state tree!






23. A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together






24. A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together






25. Hole larger than the screw






26. The grain of wood as seen from the end of of the wood strip. edge of wood (straws)






27. Two surfaces of wood lay flat face to face to be connected






28. The surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made






29. A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing






30. The center or pit of the wood






31. Pattern of the wood grain






32. Stretcher under the top of the table between the legs






33. A cut or groove along or near the edge of a piece of wood that allows another piece to fit into it to form a joint.






34. Box structure without a lid






35. Soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar - state tree!






36. A crack that is formed in the wood during the seasoning process.






37. When the teeth of a blade are thicker than the actual blade so that the wood doesnt get caught up in the cutting process






38. Removing material by ways of the lathe






39. A holding device attached to a workbench






40. When the wood bends across the grain






41. A joint that is constructed by square pegs crossing like fingers






42. Removing material by ways of the lathe






43. When cutting across the grain of the wood






44. Joint that comes together in only one way and the fingers are triangular shaped






45. Opening in board made by the cutting of a saw blade; also referred to as saw kerf.






46. A highly effective abrasive that is used for grinding plastics and metal and wood - commonly used in sandpaper






47. 90 degree angle






48. To remove material in a more general way and giving form to the wood






49. The volume of a board 1 inch thick - 12 inches wide - and 12 inches long.






50. The joint of a project - or where the wood comes together and is connected