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Carpentry Wood Shop Vocab

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together






2. Cut (wood) along the grain






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






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






5. 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






6. Pattern of the wood grain






7. 90 degree angle






8. Straight flat blade used in carving






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






10. Finished edge of wood where pieces are usually joined






11. A coarse file with sharp pointed projections






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






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






14. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






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






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






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






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






19. A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing






20. 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.






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






22. Pattern of the wood grain






23. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






24. Box structure without a lid






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






26. The center or pit of the wood






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






28. Straight flat blade used in carving






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






30. 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






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






32. Removing material by ways of the lathe






33. When cutting across the grain of the wood






34. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






35. Blade that has teeth then a space that when cutting results in a wider kerf.






36. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






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






38. A holding device attached to a workbench






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






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






41. A fixed bar for support






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






43. The center or pit of the wood






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






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






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






47. When the wood bends with the grain






48. 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.






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






50. When the wood bends across the grain