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Woodworking, especially furniture making, has many different designs/styles. Throughout its history, woodworking designs and styles have changed. Some of the more common styles are listed below. Traditional furniture styles usually include styles that have been around for long periods of time and have shown a mark of wealth and luxury for ...
Wood is a heterogeneous, hygroscopic, cellularand anisotropic(or more specifically, orthotropic) material. It consists of cells, and the cell walls are composed of micro-fibrils of cellulose(40–50%) and hemicellulose(15–25%) impregnated with lignin(15–30%).
The history of the lumber industry in the United States spans from the precolonial period of British timber speculation, subsequent British colonization, and American development into the twenty-first century. Following the near eradication of domestic timber on the British Isles, the abundance of old-growth forests in the New World posed an ...
Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures to ...
Antique Woodworking Tools: Their Craftsmanship from Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century is David Russell 's account of the history of woodworking tools illustrated profusely with items from his extensive collection of British, continental European and North American hand tools. Planes are given special attention and British makers, among ...
Bowl turning. Woodturning is the craft of using a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation. Like the potter's wheel, the wood lathe is a mechanism that can generate a variety of forms. The operator is known as a turner, and the skills needed to use the tools were traditionally known as turnery.
Router (woodworking) A "D-handle" fixed-base router. The router [a] is a power tool with a flat base and a rotating blade extending past the base. The spindle may be driven by an electric motor or by a pneumatic motor. It routs (hollows out) an area in hard material, such as wood or plastic. Routers are used most often in woodworking ...
Carpentry includes such specialties as barrelmaker, cabinetmaker, framer, luthier, and ship's carpenter. Carpenter handling a plank used in scaffolding. Exhibit of traditional European carpenter's tools in Italy. Carpenters in an Indian village working with hand tools. Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed ...
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