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Carpentry Wood Shop Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






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






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






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






5. The center or pit of the wood






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






7. A holding device attached to a workbench






8. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






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






10. When cutting across the grain of the wood






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






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






13. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






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






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






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






17. When the wood bends across the grain






18. Flat bottom drill






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






20. Drill bit used in basic wood work






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






22. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






23. Pattern of the wood grain






24. Hole larger than the screw






25. Made by dissolving a secretion of the lag-bug in denatured alcohol. It produces a beautiful finish that is not water - alcohol - or heat resistant.






26. When the wood bends with the grain






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






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






29. A fixed bar for support






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






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






32. 90 degree angle






33. The center or pit of the wood






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






35. Cut (wood) along the grain






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






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






38. 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






39. Made by dissolving a secretion of the lag-bug in denatured alcohol. It produces a beautiful finish that is not water - alcohol - or heat resistant.






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






41. Removing material by ways of the lathe






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






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






44. Cut (wood) along the grain






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






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






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






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






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






50. When the wood bends with the grain