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See wood warping. crotch The section of a tree where a branch divides from the trunk, or the trunk divides in two; typically an area of convoluted grain. crossgrain Working perpendicular to the wood grain. crosscut A cut made perpendicular to the wood grain. crown of thorns A system of self-supporting and interlocking pieces. cruck
Native Americans traded these wooden items with European colonists, who later learned to harvest burl and carve them into treen in the style of their home countries. [6] Burl treen is considered an indigenous North American craft, and examples are found in museums and private collections of Americana .
An assortment of club weapons from the Wujing Zongyao from left to right: flail, metal bat, double flail, truncheon, mace, barbed mace. A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon or tool [1] since prehistory.
Bentwood boxes are a traditional item made by the First Nations people of the North American west coast including the Haida, Gitxsan, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Sugpiaq, Unangax, Yup'ik, Inupiaq and Coast Salish. These boxes are generally made out of one piece of wood that is steamed and bent to form a box.
This is because "green" wood is far easier to slice near-finished to shape with the grain than to cut against the grain as per turning on the lathe. trestle or saw-horse (likely fabricated in the forest as required) a coarse saw: for cutting fallen or newly felled wood to length; axes and adzes: for hewing wood into rough billets
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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 .
There are different genres of puzzles, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, relational puzzles, and logic puzzles. The academic study of puzzles is called enigmatology . Puzzles are often created to be a form of entertainment but they can also arise from serious mathematical or logical problems.