enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Rift sawing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift_sawing

    Rift sawing is a woodworking process that aims to produce lumber that is less vulnerable to distortion than flat-sawn lumber. Rift-sawing may be done strictly along a log's radials—perpendicular to the annular growth ring orientation or wood grain—or as part of the quarter sawing process.

  3. Swingblade sawmill - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingblade_sawmill

    A swingblade sawmill utilizes a single circular sawblade which pivots about a 90 degree point, to saw in both vertical and horizontal planes. The single blade travels horizontally in one direction down the log, and returns in vertical position, thus removing a sawn piece of timber.

  4. Bandsaw box - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandsaw_box

    Relief cuts are always needed if you are going to make a bandsaw box. If you don't, the box always seems to fall apart. If the bandsaw has a little hitch in it the box usually snaps in two. There are multiple techniques for constructing band saw boxes. The primary technique starts by cutting the main shape of the box.

  5. Bandsaw - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandsaw

    A bandsaw (also written band saw) is a power saw with a long, sharp blade consisting of a continuous band of toothed metal stretched between two or more wheels to cut material. They are used principally in woodworking , metalworking , and lumbering , but may cut a variety of materials.

  6. Portable sawmill - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_sawmill

    Bandsaw-type portable sawmill Swingblade-type portable sawmill More recently, with the invention of the Wood-Mizer in 1982, [ 3 ] portable bandsaw mills represented a dramatic shift in design. Unlike traditional mills, they used a thin-kerf blade of the type used on a band saw rather than a circular blade, which reduced weight and cost, and ...

  7. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_woodworking

    A short, straight cut made at a right angle to a curved layout so that sharper-than-normal curves can be cut with a jig saw or band saw. riffler A paddle-shaped rasp. rift sawn Rip-sawing of lumber perpendicular to the grain, often confused with quarter-sawn. ring shake A natural type of split (shake) occurring between the annual growth rings. rip

  8. Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of How the Mayan ...

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/scientists-finally-solved...

    Scholars show how multiple planet movements tie into the 819-day Mayan calendar. The 819 days of the calendar must be viewed across a 45-year time period to fully understand.

  9. Quarter sawing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_sawing

    In addition to the grain, quartersawn wood (particularly oak) will also often display a pattern of medullary rays, seen as subtle wavy ribbon-like patterns across the straight grain. [6] Medullary rays grow in a radial fashion in the living tree, so while flat-sawing would cut across the rays, quarter-sawing puts them on the face of the board.