The Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) is the global union federation of democratic and free trade unions in the building, building materials...

International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW) was a global union federation of trade unions in the building, building materials, wood...

British West Indies dollar (BWI$), a defunct currency Building and Wood Workers' International, a global union federation BWI Center for Industrial Management...

use than most other woods.[citation needed] Shredded aspen wood is used for packing and stuffing, sometimes called excelsior (wood wool). Aspen flakes...

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simplest form, it is a block of wood or cork with one smooth flat side. The user wraps the sandpaper around the block, and holds it in place (by inserting...

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is an AFL–CIO/CLC trade union representing over 600,000 workers as of 2024 in...

dowel is a cylindrical shape made of wood, plastic, or metal. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is long and called a dowel rod, which are often...

carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife or a time-occupying process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood.: 14 : 10 : 30  It is used...

industries, such as upholstery work, and a variety of other general purposes. It is a tool of preference for wood workers using chisels with plastic, metal...

Wood splitting (riving, cleaving) is an ancient technique used in carpentry to make lumber for making wooden objects, some basket weaving, and to make...

popular wood for model building and for intricate carving. Especially in Germany, it was the classic wood for sculpture from the Middle Ages onwards and is...

Territory, New Guinea and Timor; and D. celebica (Sulawesi ebony), native to Indonesia and prized for its luxuriant, multi-colored wood grain. Mauritius ebony...

#2; which is unselected and often used for craft woods; common #1, used for commercial and residential buildings; clear; and select grade, which is sought...

Pressed wood, also known as presswood, is any engineered wood building and furniture construction material made from wood shavings and particles, sawdust...

used to fasten pieces of wood together, especially in timber frames, covered bridges, wooden shipbuilding and boat building. It is driven into a hole...

Congress and the Labour Party, as well as to the Building and Wood Workers' International and the EFBWW, European Federation of Building and Wood Workers. UCATT...

traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity to make rooms in stone buildings more comfortable...

This is a list of woods, most commonly used in the timber and lumber trade. Araucaria Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) Monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria...

(or more) wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book. As applied to wood, bookmatching...

Stone Age. They are used for smoothing or carving wood in hand woodworking, and as a hoe for agriculture and horticulture. Two basic forms of an adze are the...

Kew. Teak - The Wood Database Singh, G. Plant systematics: an integrated approach. Science Publishers, 2004 "Tectona". International Plant Names Index...

ripsaw (or rip saw) is a wood saw that is specially designed for making a rip cut, a cut made parallel to the direction of the wood grain. The cutting edge...

making them pliable. Once steamed and then fastened or clamped into the desired position and left to dry, the wood will hold the new shape. Steam boxes...

intersections of the X's. The wood to be cut is placed in the V's formed above the intersections of the X's. In Canada, Britain, and the United States, a sawbuck...

The Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUC) is a trade union of mainly construction workers in Cambodia. The union was established...

cylindrically symmetric shaft, usually made of wood. A spindle is usually made of a single piece of wood and typically has decoration (also axially symmetric)...

federation merged with the International Federation of Wood Workers, to form the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers. The following unions...

by changes in moisture content. Warping can occur in wood considered "dry" (wood can take up and release moisture indefinitely) when it takes up moisture...

fibers or patterns. Wood grain is important in woodworking and it impacts aesthetics. Wood grain is the longitudinal arrangement of wood fibers or the pattern...