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






2. Finished edge of wood where pieces are usually joined






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 joint that is constructed by square pegs crossing like fingers






6. Where joints meet each other






7. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






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






9. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






10. A fixed bar for support






11. Box structure without a lid






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. Drill bit used in basic wood work






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






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






24. Hole smaller than the screw used a guide hole






25. The process of drying wood.






26. 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.






27. When cutting across the grain of the wood






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






29. A holding device attached to a workbench






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






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






32. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






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






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






35. 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






36. A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing






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






38. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Removing material by ways of the lathe






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






47. The process of drying wood.






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






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






50. The center or pit of the wood