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  2. Wood warping - Wikipedia

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    Wood slabs can also become warped as a result of insufficient support from underlying shelf hardware (commonly referred to as sagging or bowing). [2] The types of wood warping include: bow: a warp along the length of the face of the wood; crook: a warp along the length of the edge of the wood; kink: a localized crook, often due to a knot

  3. Grand Theft Auto - Wikipedia

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    Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is an action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. [2] Later titles were developed under the oversight of brothers Dan and Sam Houser , Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut.

  4. Grand Theft Auto 2 - Wikipedia

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    Grand Theft Auto 2 is an action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games in October 1999 for the PlayStation and Windows, and the Dreamcast and Game Boy Color in 2000. It is the sequel to 1997's Grand Theft Auto , and the second main instalment of the Grand Theft Auto series .

  5. Dynamic time warping - Wikipedia

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    In time series analysis, dynamic time warping (DTW) is an algorithm for measuring similarity between two temporal sequences, which may vary in speed. For instance, similarities in walking could be detected using DTW, even if one person was walking faster than the other, or if there were accelerations and decelerations during the course of an ...

  6. Quarter sawing - Wikipedia

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    The William Ritter Lumber Company (1890–1960), famous for its Appalachian oak flooring and other products, used a modified technique to reduce waste: bark and a few boards were removed from two opposite sides of the log; the log was cut in half (possibly, four quarters); each piece was placed on the flat side and "quartersawn" lumber was cut ...

  7. Jack plane - Wikipedia

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    Historically wooden jack planes in the United States have typically been 15–18 inches (380–460 mm) long, (180 to 230 mm) long with irons 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (44–64 mm) wide. [3] Under the commonly used Stanley Bailey numbering system for metal-bodied planes the 14 inches (360 mm) long #5 plane is a jack. [4]

  8. Speed square - Wikipedia

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    Common lines made using a speed square include perpendicular cut marks and Angles definition of an angle for roofs, stairways, and decks. The tool uses a 0° reference. This means when a board is squared off the tool reads 0°. The angle derived is actually a complementary angle, for example a 22.5° angle is actually 67.5°. The sum of the ...

  9. Coppicing - Wikipedia

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    Coppicing / ˈ k ɒ p ɪ s ɪ ŋ / is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree.