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Carpentry Wood Shop Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. When you create a device to guide your wood in a certain way on a saw or tool






2. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






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






4. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






5. Finished edge of wood where pieces are usually joined






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






7. When cutting across the grain of the wood






8. Where joints meet each other






9. 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.






10. Drill bit used in basic wood work






11. A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing






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






13. When the wood bends across the grain






14. 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






15. The center or pit of the wood






16. 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






17. Removing material by ways of the lathe






18. Hole larger than the screw






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






20. Cut (wood) along the grain






21. Finished edge of wood where pieces are usually joined






22. 90 degree angle






23. 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






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






25. Box structure without a lid






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






27. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






28. Pattern of the wood grain






29. The process of drying wood.






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






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






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






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






34. A coarse file with sharp pointed projections






35. 90 degree angle






36. Paper cut out of project to follow by when cutting actual wood.






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






38. When the wood begins to turn and warp during the drying process






39. To make or become less wide or less thick at one end.






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






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






42. Flat piece placed inside a wooden frame - like a cabinet front






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






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






45. Layers of wood veneer laid in different directions - glued together under pressure.






46. Underlying structure of furniture - like a drawer. using walls to build up the structure






47. Removing material by ways of the lathe






48. A coarse file with sharp pointed projections






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






50. The center or pit of the wood