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Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood. More »
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Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood. More »
Luthier
A luthier is someone who makes or repairs stringed instruments. The word luthier comes from the French . The makers that originally built lutes eventually built violins and other string instruments as well, but the appellation remained. The craft of lutherie is commonly divided into two main categories: stringed instruments that are plucked or strummed, and stringed instruments that are bowed. While there are a nearly limitless variety of stringed instruments types—both historic and... More »
Chisel
A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge of blade on its end, for carving and/or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. The handle and blade of some types of chisel are made of metal or wood with a sharp edge in it. In use, the chisel is forced into the material to cut the material. The driving force may be manually applied or applied using a mallet or hammer. In industrial use, a hydraulic ram or falling weight drives the chisel into the material... More »
Saw
A saw is a tool for cutting wood or other material, consisting of a serrated blade and worked either by hand or by steam, water, electric or other power. The teeth of the saw are each bent to specific angle and this angle is called "set". The set of a tooth is dependent on the kind of cut the saw will be making. For example a "rip saw" has a tooth set that is similar to the angle used on a chisel. The idea is to have the teeth rip or tear the fibers of the wood apart. More »
Wood router
A router is a woodworking tool used to rout out an area in the face of a piece of wood. It was a tool particularly used by pattern makers and staircase makers and consisted of a broad-based wooden hand plane with a narrow blade projecting well beyond its base plate gaining it the nickname Old Woman's Tooth. Since about 1960, it has been replaced by the modern ''spindle router'', which was designed for the same work, although the first electric hand routers appeared in the years... More »
Screw
A screw is a shaft with a helical groove or thread formed on its surface. Its main uses are as a threaded fastener used to hold objects together, and as a simple machine used to translate torque into linear force. It can also be defined as an inclined plane wrapped around a shaft. More »
Circular saw
''"Buzzsaw" redirects here.'' The circular saw is a metal disc or blade with saw teeth on the edge as well as the machine that causes the disk to spin. It is a tool for cutting wood or other materials and may be hand-held or table-mounted. While today they are almost exclusively powered by electricity, larger ones, such as those in "saw mills", were traditionally powered by water turning a large wheel. Most of these saws are designed to cut wood but may be equipped with blades designed to... More »
Plane (tool)
A plane is a tool for shaping wood. Planes are used to flatten, reduce the thickness of, and impart a smooth surface to a rough piece of lumber. Special types of planes are designed to cut joints or decorative mouldings. Hand planes are generally the combination of a cutting edge, such as a sharpened metal plate, attached to a firm body, that when moved over a wood surface, take up relatively uniform shavings, by nature of the body riding on the 'high spots' in the wood, and also by... More »
Hand saw
In woodworking and carpentry, hand saws are used to cut pieces of wood into different shapes. This is usually done in order to join the pieces together and create a wooden object. They usually operate by having a series of sharp points of some substance that is harder than the wood being cut. The hand saw is a bit like a tenon saw, but with one flat, sharp edge Handsaws have been around for thousands of years. Egyptian hieroglyphics exist depicting ancient woodworkers sawing boards into... More »
Screw thread
thumb The screw and nut pair can be used to convert torque into linear force. As the screw is rotated, the screw moves along its axis through the fixed nut, or the non-rotating nut moves along the lead-screw. A screw thread is a helical or tapered structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. Screw threads have several applications: * Fasteners such as wood screws, machine screws, nuts and bolts. * Connecting threaded pipes and hoses to each other and to... More »
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