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






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






3. 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.






4. Where joints meet each other






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






7. Straight flat blade used in carving






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






9. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






10. Where joints meet each other






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






12. 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.






13. Removing material by ways of the lathe






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






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






16. Cut (wood) along the grain






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






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






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






20. Hole larger than the screw






21. Pattern of the wood grain






22. 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






23. 90 degree angle






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. When the wood bends with the grain






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






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






33. 90 degree angle






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






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






36. The process of drying wood.






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






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






39. A coarse file with sharp pointed projections






40. 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.






41. 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






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






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






44. When cutting across the grain of the wood






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






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






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






48. A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing






49. A coarse file with sharp pointed projections






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