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2. Wood splitting - Wikipedia

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   Wood splitting (riving, [1] cleaving) is an ancient technique used in carpentry to make lumber for making wooden objects, some basket weaving, and to make firewood. Unlike wood sawing, the wood is split along the grain using tools such as a hammer and wedges, splitting maul, cleaving axe, side knife, or froe.

3. List of timber framing tools - Wikipedia

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   Chalk line or ink line used to snap lines on the wood. Ink and a slurry of charcoal were used like chalk. Carpenter pencil; Scratch awl or similar tools were used to scratch lines on wood before the pencil was commonly used beginning in the 19th century in the U.S. Try square; Steel square is also known as a framing square. Historically a ...

4. Log splitter - Wikipedia

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   The non-electric versions can be used remotely where the splitter can be moved to the location of the cut wood source. Split logs can then be loaded into trucks, trailers or bulk bags . No matter what the power source, a log splitter either uses a hydraulic piston to drive the log through a stationary blade or a rotating cone-shaped screw ...

5. Splitting maul - Wikipedia

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   A typical wood splitting maul has a head mass of 6 to 8 lb or approximately 2.7 to 3.6 kg, respectively. Traditionally, mauls have a wedge-shaped head, but some modern versions have conical heads or swiveling sub-wedges. The original maul resembles an axe but with a broader head. For splitting wood, this tool is much better than a typical axe.

6. Mortise and tenon - Wikipedia

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   A mortise and tenon (occasionally mortice and tenon) joint connects two pieces of wood or other material. Woodworkers around the world have used it for thousands of years to join pieces of wood, mainly when the adjoining pieces connect at right angles. Mortise and tenon joints are strong and stable joints that can be used in many projects.

7. Piping and plumbing fitting - Wikipedia

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   A barb (or hose barb), which connects flexible hose or tubing to pipes, typically has a male-threaded end which mates with female threads. The other end of the fitting has a single- or multi-barbed tube—a long tapered cone with ridges, which is inserted into a flexible hose.