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  2. Chamfer - Wikipedia

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    In machining a chamfer is a slope cut at any right-angled edge of a workpiece, e.g. holes; the ends of rods, bolts, and pins; the corners of the long-edges of plates; any other place where two surfaces meet at a sharp angle. Chamfering eases assembly, e.g. the insertion of bolts into holes, or nuts.

  3. Dado (joinery) - Wikipedia

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    A through [1] dado involves cuts which run between both edges of the surface, leaving both ends open. A stopped or blind [2] dado ends before one (stopped) or both (blind) of the cuts meets the edge of the surface. [1] A half dado is formed with a narrow dado cut into one part, coupled with a rabbet of another piece. This joint tends to be used ...

  4. Ceramic forming techniques - Wikipedia

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    There are many forming techniques to make ceramics, but one example is slip casting.This is where slip or, liquid clay, is poured into a plaster mould. The water in the slip is drawn out into the walls of the plaster mould, leaving an inside layer of solid clay, which hardens quickly.

  5. Miter joint - Wikipedia

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    90º miter joint (pieces ready to be joined) Miter joint of two pipes A miter joint (mitre in British English) is a joint made by cutting each of two parts to be joined, across the main surface, usually at a 45° angle, to form a corner, usually to form a 90° angle, though it can comprise any angle greater than 0 degrees.

  6. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    moulding plane. Also spelled molding plane. mortise. Also spelled mortice. A cavity or hole, generally rectangular, in a piece of wood, meant to receive a tenon or a hinge. mitre. Also spelled miter. Any joint made by fastening together pieces with the ends cut at an angle. mitre box. Also spelled miter box.

  7. Ceramic tile cutter - Wikipedia

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    The first tile cutter was designed to facilitate the work and solve the problems that masons had when cutting a mosaic of encaustic tiles (a type of decorative tile with pigment, highly used in 1950s, due to the high strength needed because of the high hardness and thickness of these tiles).

  8. Bevel - Wikipedia

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    Side views of a bevel (above) and a chamfer (below). A bevelled edge (UK) or beveled edge (US) is an edge of a structure that is not perpendicular to the faces of the piece. . The words bevel and chamfer overlap in usage; in general usage, they are often interchanged, while in technical usage, they may be differentiated as shown in the image on the ri

  9. Miter saw - Wikipedia

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    A motorized miter saw. A miter saw or mitre saw is a saw used to make accurate crosscuts and miters in a workpiece by positioning a mounted blade onto a board. A miter saw in its earliest form was composed of a back saw in a miter box, but in modern implementation consists of a powered circular saw that can be positioned at a variety of angles and lowered onto a board positioned against a ...