Carpentry & Woodworking Terms

Backer board - answer-A piece of wood or plywood placed on the back side of a workpiece in order to provide support or minimize tearout Bevel - answer-the slanted surface at the tip of a needle Chamfer - answer-A small angled surface formed between two surfaces. chuck - answer-clamping device for holding a drill bit collet - answer-A type of chuck that accepts a fixed shaft size, commonly used on routers. crosscut - answer-the process of cutting across the grain of wood cutterhead - answer-a cylindrical block with knives or cutters positioned around its perimeter dado - answer-a groove running across the grain Dado head - answer-a set of blades stacked side-by-side for use on the table saw, used for making dadoes or grooves. edge - answer-smaller pair of surfaces on a board that exhibit long grain end - answer-the pair of surfaces of a board that exhibits end grain end grain - answer-wood fibers that are oriented perpendicular to the surface of a piece of lumber face - answer-the largest pair of long-grain surfaces of a board fence - answer-a beam or board used to guide a workpiece past a blade or bit green - answer-a term used to describe lumber that has not been dried joint - answer-to flatten and smooth the face or edge of a board using the jointer long-grain - answer-wood fibers that are oriented parallel to the surface of a piece of lumber lumber - answer-a solid wood board grain - answer-the cylindrical fibres which make up lumber, oriented along the vertical axis of a tree Kerf - answer-the slot created by a blade or bit kickback - answer-a dangerous situation in which a workpiece is forcibly ejected from a machine, often at tremendous speed. margin of safety - answer-the minimum distance the operator's hand/body should be from a cutter, blade, or bit MDF - answer-Medium Density Fiberboard Melamine - answer-a man-made sheet material made from particle board with a thin layer of plastic on one or both faces, often used for cabinet construction mortise - answer-a hole or slot with at least two flat sides into which another part is inserted offcut - answer-the part of a piece being cut that is on the far side of a blade and is therefore not typically held or controlled by the operator Particle Board - answer-a man-made sheet material made from medium-sized particles glued together to make a moderately smooth-faced, stable product plane (V.) - answer-a flatten and smooth face or edge of a board using the planer plane (N.) - answer-a hand tool used to smooth and flatten a surface platen - answer-a flat reference surface, typically the surface on which a belt-sander runs Pushstick - answer-a safety device used to guide a workpiece past a cutter, blade, or bit, thereby keeping the operator's hands at a safe distance Pushblock - answer-A safety divide with a broad base and handle used to guide a world piece past a cutter, blade, or bit, thereby keeping the operator's hands at a safe distance Rabbet - answer-a stepped surface on the edge or end of a board Resaw - answer-To cut a piece of wood in order to make it thinner rough - a