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  2. Pressed wood - Wikipedia

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    Once the board is at its desired thickness, the board is placed into a press, where the board is pressed and heated. This process gives pressed wood its strength [2] advantage over other engineered wood types. [3] The boards are placed in a press where the press will press down on the boards with roughly 2.8 megapascals (400 psi) of pressure. [3]

  3. List of manufacturing processes - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 31 December 2024. Manufacturing processes This section does not cite any sources.

  4. Pattern (casting) - Wikipedia

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    Typically, materials used for pattern making are wood, metal or plastics. Wax and Plaster of Paris are also used, but only for specialized applications. Sugar pine wood is the most commonly used material for patterns, primarily because it is soft, light, and easy to work.

  5. Types of press tools - Wikipedia

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    Press tools are commonly used in hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical presses to produce the sheet metal components in large volumes. Generally press tools are categorized by the types of operation performed using the tool, such as blanking, piercing , bending , forming , forging , trimming etc.

  6. Marquetry - Wikipedia

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    Although marquetry is a technique separate from inlay, English marquetry-makers were called "inlayers" throughout the 18th century. In Paris, before 1789, makers of veneered or marquetry furniture (ébénistes) belonged to a separate guild from chair-makers and other furniture craftsmen working in solid wood (menuisiers).

  7. Woodworking - Wikipedia

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    Wooden house with wooden furniture, spinning wheel, loom and various tools Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood , and includes cabinetry , furniture making, wood carving , joinery , carpentry , and woodturning .

  8. Molded plywood - Wikipedia

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    It was an American named Isaac Cole who first took out a patent for the process of the production of molded wood in 1874. He designed a chair made of glue-laminated wooden strips. However, in 1830 the famous furniture designer Michael Thonet had already begun to experiment with the gluing of veneer layers. He only managed to produce two ...

  9. Repoussé and chasing - Wikipedia

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    A chaser in Tunis using a lightweight chasing hammer and a liner to chase a pattern into a brass mortar. The tools needed for these techniques are [10] A container for the pitch, such as a "pitch tray" for larger plates, or a heavy hemispherical cast iron "pitch bowl" for smaller ones. The bowl can be placed over a sand bag or leather ring, and ...