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  2. Tumblehome - Wikipedia

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    The exterior walls slant inward from the base to the top. Since the interior walls are straight, the transition takes place in the exterior windows and doors which are wider at the bottom than they are at the top. The house and stable are unique examples and similar to wooden water tower construction with flared supports for added strength. [4]

  3. Conservation and restoration of waterlogged wood - Wikipedia

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    An example of the conservation of wood and how it has changed over time can be illustrated by the conservation treatments of a Kefermarkt altar. The earliest attempt at wood conservation is recorded as late as 1852–1855, A. Stifter treated the Kefermarkt altar in Austria with table salt in an attempt to protect the wood against pests.

  4. Fire hardening - Wikipedia

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    Fire hardening is the process of removing moisture from wood, changing its structure and material properties, by charring it over or directly in a fire or a bed of coals. . This has been thought to make a point, like that of a spear or arrow, or an edge, like that of a knife or axe, more durable and efficient for its use as a tool or we

  5. Butt joint - Wikipedia

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    Frame joinery (e.g. face frames, web frames, door frames, table legs to aprons, chair legs) Cabinet carcase construction (e.g. carcase sides to top and bottom, fixed shelving/partitions) Panel assembly (for alignment) A variation of the dowel method for reinforcement is the use of a Miller dowel in place of the usual straight cylindrical dowel.

  6. Sleeve (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Steel sleeve used to create a pipe penetration, with uneven rockwool packing, making an incomplete firestop. Notice the sleeves, fastened to the timber forms before the concrete is cast. improper sleeving in a drywall assembly.

  7. Scantling - Wikipedia

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    Its distance is slightly less than the waterline length of a ship, and generally less than the overall length of a ship. In the American Bureau of Shipping's Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels, it is defined as the distance on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to the centerline of the rudder stock. Scantling length ...

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  9. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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    Chinese furniture is mostly in plain, polished wood, but from at least the Song dynasty, the most luxurious pieces often used lacquer to cover the whole or parts of the visible areas. All the various sub-techniques of Chinese lacquerware can be found on furniture, and became increasingly affordable down the social scale—thus widely used ...