Wood Working - Part 2 Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• miter saw : a handsaw used with a miter box; a power saw, similar to a circular saw, that cuts miters
• groove : a three-sided trench cut with the grain of a board.
• shim : a thick wedge of wood used to fill a gap or make a surface level
• spline : a narrow strip of wood that is glued in corresponding grooves to join pieces of wood
• root : the portion of a screw length below the head that has threads on it
• ferrule : a metal ring secured around a smaller piece of metal or wood to reinforce it.
• biscuit : a small wafer of wood that is inserted and glued to an edge groove between two pieces of wood to be joined
• carbide : a combination or iron, carbon and alloy metal (usually tungsten) used to make hard, brittle but long-lasting material used for cutting edges of bits and blades
• pilot hole : a small hole drilled in your work that is intended to guide a fastener.
• planer : power tool used to carve thin slices from a board to straighten or square a surface or edge
• truing : the act of making true, as in square, flat, concentric or balanced
• softwood : the wood of any coniferous tree
• off cut : a waste piece of lumber
• rip cut : a cut parallel to the grain of a board.
• heartwood : mature wood that forms the spine of a tree
• gouge : a chisel-like turning or carving tool with a curved edge
• lathe : machine used for turning wood on an axis
• back saw : a hand saw that is stabilized with a rigid spine along the back of the blade
• apron : the part of a table between the legs that attaches the base to the top
• jigsaw : a power tool using a vertical, reciprocating blade; used for cutting different kinds of materials depending on the type of blade used
• turning : refers to work done on a lathe
• shank : the shaft of a bit or cutter that is gripped in a tool by a chuck or a collet
• dowel : a cylindrical length of wood used for making joints by inserting a length into two corresponding holes and gluing with clamp pressure