WOOD On this page, I will teach many lessons about wood working. I will show and tell almost everything you need to know about woodworking on this page but make it breif and very discriptive. Hopefully, this page will be a big help. I have looked for many wood sites that actually did a good job completly teaching woodworking but have found very fue that were free and they still had some valuable data missing. This page will take a long ime to complete so check it every day for updates. Thank you. If you have anything to add, or any suggestions, please e-mail me at [email protected]

WOOD Q:-Is there a universal way of measuring wood/projects?
A: Yes. The easiest way to remember which measurement comes first is to remeber the letters "TWL". The T stands for Thickness, the W stands for width, and the L stands for length. So if you were to write/read the measurements for a project, you would write it like this (thickness x width x length.) Example: 1" x 9" x 24". Looking at this, you could bacically figure it out withought TWL but what if you had measurements like 1" x 1" x 19". If you didn't know TWL, the project would not be correct.

WOOD Q:When I went to the stoor to buy wood, the sign said 1"x8"x6' but when I measured it, it only measured 3/4"x7 1/4"x6'. Whats wrong?
Thats an easy question, when the wood was cut, it was cut by a huge bandsaw. The bandsaw cut the wood to 1X8. The wood was rough from being cut and still had bark on it, so the board is put on the planer to true the surface up and the jointer to true the sides up (jointer:a slim table with a fence ans razor blades. The wood is passed against the fence and when it moves past the razor blades, they cut a small fraction off the side. Planer: a tabel positioned below razor blades. The wood is passed under the blades and they true the surface of the board.) After this process, the board has been reduced a small amount and is redy for sale. Click here for examples of Jointers and planers.

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