Wood Glossary
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- Arris
- Arris Rail
- a self feeding drill bit for wood. Designed for very low rotational speed with high torque. A good choice for hand drilling wood. Commonly available in sizes of 6mm and up.
- Type of earth drill bit
- Baluster
- Balustrade
- Banister
- Barge Board
- Batten
- Strip of wood applied to wall or ceiling, to which usually plasterboard is applied. Used to even up uneven walls and to permit insertion of insulation behind plasterboard.
- Beam
- joist, rafter, purlin, or any other large wooden, steel or concrete structural member.
- Bitumen
- a black sticky gloop used to waterproof and preserve.
- Blockboard
- 2 thin wood veneers with strips of wood glued between. One of the many ways to convert low value material into useful sheet material.
- Bore
- to make a hole
- Bradawl
- Pointed tool used to mark a point on wood for drilling.
- Cabinet Scraper
- Camber Beam
- A curved beam
- Car body filler
- A tough durable filler made from polyester resin with inert fillers.
- Casing
- Timber lining of a door or window opening.
- Caustic Soda
- Cill
- aka sill.
- Chipboard
- A low cost low performance sheet material made from wood sawdust & wood chips stuck together with glue.
- Chisel
- Also see cold chisel, plugging chisel, bolster,
- Cladding
- Counterbore
- to cut a recess for a bolt head.
- Countersink
- to cut a tapered recess for a bolt head.
- Cup
- A type of warping of wood planks that makes the side edges raised or lowered compared to the centre of the plank.
- Dado
- A rail, usually horizontal and wooden, run at around waist height on a wall. Reduces wear & chair damage to the wall decorations.
- Delamination
- the separation of layers of a material. Plywood and other laminated products may fail in this manner.
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