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






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






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






4. A fixed bar for support






5. A holding device attached to a workbench






6. The center or pit of the wood






7. 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






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






9. Between table legs closer to the bottom used for extra strength and stability






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






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






12. Between table legs closer to the bottom used for extra strength and stability






13. A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing






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






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






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






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






18. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






19. 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.






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






21. Hole larger than the screw






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






23. 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






24. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






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






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






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






28. A holding device attached to a workbench






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Pattern of the wood grain






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






37. The process of drying wood.






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






39. Hole larger than the screw






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






41. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






42. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






43. Removing material by ways of the lathe






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






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






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






47. Drill bit used in basic wood work






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






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






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