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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. Cut (wood) along the grain






2. Where joints meet each other






3. Pattern of the wood grain






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






5. When the wood bends with the grain






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






7. Removing material by ways of the lathe






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Box structure without a lid






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. A coarse file with sharp pointed projections






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. Box structure without a lid






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






30. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






31. 90 degree angle






32. When cutting across the grain of the wood






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






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






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






36. Finished edge of wood where pieces are usually joined






37. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. When the wood bends across the grain






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






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






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






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






47. The process of drying wood.






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






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






50. A fixed bar for support