New To Woodworking

Rail

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:44:09 +0000

Any horizontal member of a door, window, panel or cabinet frame.

Sharpening

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:44:07 +0000

There is nothing quite like a finely-sharpened edge. Many newcomers to the craft assume they are doing something wrong with their technique and quickly get discouraged because they just picked up grandpa’s old plane and started hacking away at some poor piece of wood. If that plane was well-tuned and the blade sharpened properly, that first experience would be much more pleasurable and the learning curve significantly reduced. Here are some great videos covering various sharpening topics:

Fine Woodworking – Video: Sharpening Basics (paper and stone methods)
Lie Nielsen – Video: Sharpening a Rip Saw
Lie Nielsen – Video: Sharpening a Cross-Cut Saw
Lie Nielsen – Video: Sharpening Plane Irons
Lie Nielsen – Video: Flattening Stones

Wane

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:05:14 +0000

Missing wood or untrimmed bark along the edge or corner of a piece of lumber. A natural edge like this is usually referred to as a “waned edge”.

Throat

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:00:49 +0000

The distance between the cutter/blade and the body of a woodworking machine. Can also refer to the depth of a clamp.

Thickness

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:00:26 +0000

The dimension of a board measured from face to face. Typically expressed in quarters. For example a 1″ thick board would be referred to as 4/4. A 2″ board would be 8/4, and so on.

Tear Out

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:59:53 +0000

Chipping or splintering, usually at the point where a cutter, blade or bit exits the wood.

Examples of Tearout

Stile

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:55:34 +0000

Any vertical member of a door, window, panel or cabinet frame.

Squeeze Out

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:55:09 +0000

Extra adhesive that gets forced out of a joint once clamping pressure is applied. Squeeze out serves as a good general indicator that you have enough glue in the joint. Some folks will clean up squeeze out using a damp rag or sponge, but this tends to drive the adhesive into the wood grain, which can cause staining/finishing issues later. Others will scrape the glue off once it dries, but this can pull wood fibers off the surface. My preferred method is to wait for the glue to skin over (about 10-15 minutes), then carefully scrape the glue off using a card scraper.

Snipe

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:53:25 +0000

A oncave depression found at the leading and/or trailing end of a board after it is passed through a planer (thicknesser) or jointer. There are many causes of snipe, including bed height, feed roller pressure/alignment, and the weight of the board itself. Consequently there are numerous ways to prevent snipe. Here’s a great tutorial on preventing planer snipe. Keep in mind that in some cases, no matter what you do, snipe will be a fact of life. In those cases, the only thing you can do is either use another tool to finish the boards or simply cut off the ends of the board after milling.

Snipe

Shoulder

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:52:24 +0000

The surface of a tenon that is perpendicular and adjacent to the cheek of the tenon. It is also perpendicular and adjacent to the face of the board.

Tenon Anatomy