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The staff bead, a 1-inch dowel with approx 1 ⁄ 3 shaved off the back, is set on the external corner by the joiner on site, fastened to wooden plugs set into the brick/block seams, or to the wood frame. Plaster is run up to the staff bead and then cut back locally to the bead or "quirked" to avoid a weak feather edge where the plaster meets ...
Angle bead, a projecting wood moulding at the corner of a plastered wall [4] Corner bead is similar, [4] but is usually fully embedded in plaster or drywall, and usually plastic or metal; Nosing bead, the rounded projection of a stair tread over the riser below [4] Parting bead, or parting strip, the feature that separates two sashes in a sash ...
Bead moulding: Narrow, half-round convex moulding, when repeated forms reeding; Beading or bead: Moulding in the form of a row of half spherical beads, larger than pearling. Other forms: Bead and leaf, bead and reel, bead and spindle; Beak: Small fillet moulding left on the edge of a larmier, which forms a canal, and makes a kind of pendant. [1]
Plaster is widely used as a support for broken bones; a bandage impregnated with plaster is moistened and then wrapped around the damaged limb, setting into a close-fitting yet easily removed tube, known as an orthopedic cast. Plaster is also used in preparation for radiotherapy when fabricating individualized immobilization shells for patients ...
Bead and reel is an architectural motif, usually found in sculptures, moldings and numismatics. It consists in a thin line where beadlike elements alternate with cylindrical ones. [1] [2] It is found throughout the modern Western world in architectural detail, particularly on Greek/Roman style buildings, wallpaper borders, and interior moulding ...
Lath and plaster is a building process used to finish mainly interior dividing walls and ceilings. It consists of narrow strips of wood ( laths ) which are nailed horizontally across the wall studs or ceiling joists and then coated in plaster .
A selection of glass beads Merovingian bead Trade beads, 18th century Trade beads, 18th century. A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 ...
Bead maze A bead maze or bead roller coaster is a children's toy . Large wooden beads , often themselves brightly colored and sometimes having differing shapes, are strung along these wires, allowing the child to move the beads along the tracks from one side to the other.