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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. A fixed bar for support






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






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






4. Pattern of the wood grain






5. Box structure without a lid






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 90 degree angle






9. Drill bit used in basic wood work






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






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






12. Flat bottom drill






13. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






14. Box structure without a lid






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






16. Drill bit used in basic wood work






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






18. Straight flat blade used in carving






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






20. 1 of the 2 main construction - mainly used for skeletal work like in table tops






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






22. Straight flat blade used in carving






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






24. 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






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






26. The process of drying wood.






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






28. When cutting across the grain of the wood






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






30. Hole larger than the screw






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. The process of drying wood.






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






40. When the wood bends with the grain






41. Used to remove very fine layer of wood






42. 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.






43. Cut (wood) along the grain






44. Hole larger than the screw






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






46. Removing material by ways of the lathe






47. Removing material by ways of the lathe






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






49. When cutting across the grain of the wood






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