Furniture Making A FOUNDATION COURSE
Read inside the new Furniture Making Book by John Bullar
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192 page guide to Making Furniture
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432 detailed color photos of Furniture Making
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Step by step Woodworking advice and examples
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Tables of Cabinetmaking facts and figures
Order direct from Fox Chapel Publishing USA
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also published in UK by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications as 'Cabinetmaking - A Foundation Course'
Furniture Making Jargon-buster A to B
Air-dried - converted by removing water with natural ventilation
anemometer - meter to measure air speed, used for checking dust extractors
arbor - spindle or axle on which a machine blade turns
Arbortech - rotary carver or toothed disk for rapid wood chipping removal, attached to an angle-grinder
arris - long, sharp corner where face of a board meets the edge
Bailey - hand plane, commonest type for smoothing with depth adjustor under back of blade
Bedrock - version of a Bailey hand plane with improved frog fixings
biscuit- beech-wood segment pressed in pair of slots to form a rapid joint
blast gate - air valve used to control flow from machines to an extractor
block plane small hand-plane without frog used for trimming
bowed - board curved from end to end, usually due to tension in the tree
bridge guard - protection shield over cutter block of surface planer (jointer)
bridle joint - open-sided mortice and tenon or slot joint
bull-nose - hand plane with blade near front end, or half-round edge on table top etc
burnisher - steel rod used to flatten scraper edges
burr (burl) - knotty wood produced by excess twig growth, popular for veneers
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Furniture Making A FOUNDATION COURSE
Read inside the new Furniture Making Book by John Bullar
-
192 page guide to Making Furniture
-
432 detailed color photos of Furniture Making
-
Step by step Woodworking advice and examples
-
Tables of Cabinetmaking facts and figures
Order direct from Fox Chapel Publishing USA
or Amazon.com
or Borders
also published in UK by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications as 'Cabinetmaking - A Foundation Course'
Furniture Making Jargon-buster C to D
case hardened - voids inside wood due to poor drying, 'honeycombing' revealed when sawn, can make board useless
caul - semi-rigid mould or former used for pressing veneer
checks - cracks visible on outside of a board due to poor drying conditions
contractor-saw - lightweight circular saw table
cool-block - metal block guides for bandsaw blades
cramp (clamp) - portable screwed jaws for pressing pieces of wood together
crosscut - cutting across the fibres (fibers) so they are severed
crown-sawn - board converted by flitch sawing towards the edge of a log
cubic foot - (twelve board-foot) common measure for buying wood. 35.3 cubic feet equals one cubic metre (meter)
cupped board- curved from side to side due to uneven shrinkage
cutter block - rotating cylinder holding the knives of a planer (jointer) or thicknesser (planer)
cutting gauge - marker with a stock, stem and blade for scoring a fine line parallel to an edge
dimension saw - sawbench with large arm for cutting sheet material, also called panel saw
domino - rectangular beech-wood block pressed in pair of slot mortices to form a rapid joint
dovetail - finger joint with tapered teeth, suited to drawers and boxes
dowel - cylinder of wood pressed in pair of holes for a rapid joint
drift - unintentional movement of sawblade away from the line
dust and chipping extractor - type with impellor feeding filter above collecting bag
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Furniture Making A FOUNDATION COURSE
Read inside the new Furniture Making Book by John Bullar
-
192 page guide to Making Furniture
-
432 detailed color photos of Furniture Making
-
Step by step Woodworking advice and examples
-
Tables of Cabinetmaking facts and figures
Order direct from Fox Chapel Publishing USA
or Amazon.com
or Borders
also published in UK by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications as 'Cabinetmaking - A Foundation Course'
Furniture Making Jargon-buster F to L
feed rate - speed of wood fed into blades on a machine
ferrule - metal ring often used to stop wood splitting
Flitch cut - board sawn from one side of trunk to the other
frog - movable iron wedge on a hand plane that the blade is fixed to
glue line - visible line after wood pieces are glued together
gullet - gap between saw teeth
haunch - extra part on tenon shoulder to prevent twisting
heartwood - older growth towards middle of tree trunk, usually harder than sapwood
HE PA - High Efficiency Particulate in Air filter, removes very fine dust
honing - flattening the edge of a blade with fine abrasive
HSS - High Speed Steel used for machine cutting tools that may run hot
inch thick - (four quarter or 4/4) 25.40mm thick, common thickness for converted timber
kerf - slot left by a sawblade
kickback - wood thrown from machine when it catches on a blade
kiln-dried - converted by removing water in a controlled warm enclosure
l
amina - thin slice or laminate used to form lamination when several are glued together
lapped - dovetail (half-blind) recessed dovetail used for drawer fronts
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Furniture Making A FOUNDATION COURSE
Read inside the new Furniture Making Book by John Bullar
-
192 page guide to Making Furniture
-
432 detailed color photos of Furniture Making
-
Step by step Woodworking advice and examples
-
Tables of Cabinetmaking facts and figures
Order direct from Fox Chapel Publishing USA
or Amazon.com
or Borders
also published in UK by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications as 'Cabinetmaking - A Foundation Course'
Furniture Making Jargon-buster M to P
machining - (milling) initial sizing and smoothing to prepare wood for fine work
marking gauge - marker with a stock, stem and pin for scoring line parallel to an edge
MDF - Medium Density Fibreboard (Fiberboard) dense, uniform sheet manufactured from compressed wood particles
mitre - sloping end or edge, can be paired to form a right angle
moisture content - quantity of water in wood as a percentage of dry weight
mortice - hole to receive a tenon and form a joint, usually rectangular
mortice gauge - marker with block, stem and two independently moved pins for scoring a pair of lines parallel to an edge
muntin - a vertical frame division
Norris - hand plane with combined depth and level adjuster above blade
panel saw - hand-saw for general use, also machine sawbench similar to dimension saw
paring - slicing along the grain with a chisel
PCD - Poly Crystalline Diamond, fine, hard abrasive used for long-life cutting edges
pistol grip - saw handle with open underside pitch distance between saw teeth etc
pith - centre of tree trunk produced by first growth, often discarded
planer - (jointer) machine for smoothing surface of timber
plywood - composite manufactured board with thin layers of wood glued in alternate grain directions
PPE - Personal Protection Equipment such as safety glasses, ear defenders, breathing masks
pressure pad - block used to push wood over surface of a planer (jointer)
protractor - angle-measuring gauge, often semicircular
push stick - forked-end tool, normally wooden or plastic, for moving wood into a machine cutter without risk to hands
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Furniture Making A FOUNDATION COURSE
Read inside the new Furniture Making Book by John Bullar
-
192 page guide to Making Furniture
-
432 detailed color photos of Furniture Making
-
Step by step Woodworking advice and examples
-
Tables of Cabinetmaking facts and figures
Order direct from Fox Chapel Publishing USA
or Amazon.com
or Borders
also published in UK by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications as 'Cabinetmaking - A Foundation Course'
Furniture Making Jargon-buster Q to S
quarter-sawn - stable boards produced by sawing at an angle close to the radius of the trunk
rake-angle - angle of saw teeth to direction of blade movement
reaction wood - wood distorted or patterned by stress in growing tree
re-saw - cut boards thinner after they have bee dried, also a specialist bandsaw for this job
rip-cut - sawing along the grain direction
riving knife - (splitter) metal fin behind sawblade to prevent wood catching there
rod - a full-sized drawing to la: 0 and angles
rowed - striped wood with naturally alternating grain direction
sanding block - cork or softwood to wrap abrasive paper around for use by hand
sapwood - newer growth in outer tree rings, often softer than heartwood
sash cramp - (sash clamp) Screwed jaws on long rail for pulling together joints in frames or sash windows
saw bench - circular saw with a large metal table
scoring blade - small circular sawblade for shallow cut ahead of main blade to prevent splitting
scraper - flat steel plate used for fine surface smoothing, especially on difficult grain, sometimes fitted in a plane type-body
scratch stock - small scraper for shaping edges or rebating ready to receive inlay
set - sideways offset between alternate saw teeth to prevent saw jamming
Shaw-guard - sprung pressure blocks on a machine to hold wood against cutters
site saw - lightweight circular saw bench for portable use
skip-tooth - bandsaw blade with widely spaced teeth to allow more dust collection in deep cuts
sledge - sliding carriage on machine table to carry wood over blades
snatch - wood accidentally caught on machine blade and quickly dragged off course
snipe - end of board unintentionally reduced in thickness by thicknesser (planer)
spelching (tear-out) - wood grain torn from surface or underside
stile - vertical rail forming part of a frame
stock - wood as a raw material or sliding block on a gauge
substrate - groundwork or solid wood beneath veneer
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Furniture Making A FOUNDATION COURSE
Read inside the new Furniture Making Book by John Bullar
-
192 page guide to Making Furniture
-
432 detailed color photos of Furniture Making
-
Step by step Woodworking advice and examples
-
Tables of Cabinetmaking facts and figures
Order direct from Fox Chapel Publishing USA
or Amazon.com
or Borders
also published in UK by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications as 'Cabinetmaking - A Foundation Course'
Furniture Making Jargon-buster T to W
table saw - circular saw fitted beneath large flat surface, often cast iron
tail - tapered fingers of a dovetail joint
TCT - Tungsten Carbide Tipped, hard composite material used for teeth and blade edges
template - pattern cut out of board to provide shape for components
tenon - peg to be pressed into a mortice to form a joint, usually rectangular
Tersa knife - disposable blade for planer (jointer) or thicknesser (planer)
thicknesser - (planer) machine for smoothing one side of wood against a reference surface on the other side
through and through sawn - (flat-sawn) plain sawn logs converted to boards as a simple series of slices
through dovetail - joint where tail fingers are visible on both side and end
through tenon - square pegged joint that protrudes right through
timber - (lumber) wood as a raw material
timber yard - (lumber yard) storage and sales place for converted wood
tpi - teeth per inch, a way of expressing the pitch of a saw
tracking - adjusting the alignment of bandsaw wheels
try-square - for checking right angles, thin steel rectangular blade with its end set in a thick rectangular stock
tyre (tire) - rubber or similar covering on rim of a bandsaw wheel
vice (vise) - screwed jaw fixed to bench for securing wood while working on it
waney - natural uneven edge on board formed by outside of the tree left attached
waterstone - composite grinding block with hard particulates in a soft base material, to be lubricated with water
wet and dry - abrasive paper suitable for lubrication with water, can be used on metals
whetstone - grindstone or sharpening stone
Furniture Making A FOUNDATION COURSE
Read inside the new Furniture Making Book by John Bullar
-
192 page guide to Making Furniture
-
432 detailed color photos of Furniture Making
-
Step by step Woodworking advice and examples
-
Tables of Cabinetmaking facts and figures
Order direct from Fox Chapel Publishing USA
or Amazon.com
or Borders
Also published in UK by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications as 'Cabinetmaking - A Foundation Course'