The American Association of Woodturners (AAW) is the principal organization in the United States supporting the art and craft of woodturning. It is sometimes...
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Woodturning (redirect from Woodturner)
The Irish Woodturners' Guild The Dublin 15 IWG Chapter - Craobh Cuig Drag The American Association of Woodturners Association of Woodturners of Great Britain...
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burning cases was "significant" and "exceedingly high." The American Association of Woodturners has, on safety grounds, banned any demonstrations or sales...
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William H. Macy (category Woodturners)
2015 issue of American Woodturner (American Association of Woodturners). He is a national ambassador for the United Cerebral Palsy Association. Since shooting...
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Riving knife (section Forms of kickback)
far side of the saw and fixed in relation to the saw table, which must be removed to make any non-through cuts or dados within the depth of the wood....
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Ebony (category Shades of black)
the even black of D. ebenum. Ebony has a long history of use, and carved pieces have been found in Ancient Egyptian tombs. By the end of the 16th century...
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commonly advertised as an "environmentally friendly" wood, as it makes use of plantation trees that have already served a useful function. Rubberwood is...
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Aspen (redirect from Longevity of aspen trees)
(Eastern Asia) Populus grandidentata – Bigtooth aspen (eastern North America, south of P. tremuloides) Populus sieboldii – Japanese aspen (Japan) Populus...
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spaces such as cutting out the space for fitting a desk drawer lock. Woodturners use a woodworking gouge or chisel designed to cut wood as it is spun...
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Pine (redirect from Reproduction of pine trees)
additional synonyms, making it the largest family among the conifers. The American Conifer Society (ACS) and the Royal Horticultural Society accept 121 species...
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Wood veneer (section Types of veneers)
with each sheet of veneer having a distinct look. Unlike laminates, no two veneer sheets look the same. veneer refers to thin slices of wood and sometimes...
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Dalecarlian horse (category Culture of Sweden)
Andersonville, Chicago, donated by the Swedish American Women's Educational Association (SWEA) to the Swedish American Museum. SWAE commissioned the Swedish Artist...
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American Association of Woodturners Arts Academy in the Woods in Fraser, Michigan, United States Solong language, a language of Papua New Guinea, by ISO...
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videographic work. The history of the spirit level was discussed in brief in an 1887 article appearing in Scientific American. Melchisédech Thévenot, a French...
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Softwood (section Examples of softwood trees and uses)
Russia), North America and China. Softwood is typically used in construction as structural carcassing timber, as well as finishing timber. List of woods United...
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Particle board (category German inventions of the Nazi period)
Wood-Fiber Panels: Masonite, Hardboard, and Lower-Density Boards". Journal of the American Institute for Conservation. 33 (3): 301–306. doi:10.2307/3179639. JSTOR 3179639...
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construction. It is now more popular than plywood, commanding 66% of the North American structural panel market. The most common uses are as sheathing in...
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and Tricks" (PDF). American Association of Woodturners. Ebrey, Walthall, and Palais (2006), 133. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
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"parquet work") is a type of traditional Japanese marquetry developed in the town of Hakone during the Edo period. Resembling a type of mosaic, yosegi is created...
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Rosewood (section List of rosewoods)
Rosewood Boom: A Cultural Fix to Capital Overaccumulation". Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 110 (1): 277–296. Bibcode:2020AAAG..110..277Z....
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Larch (section North American species)
evolution in Larix and Pseudotsuga (Pinaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 86 (5). Botanical Society of America: 711–723. doi:10.2307/2656581. JSTOR 2656581...
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Japanning (redirect from The Art of Japanning)
used on small items in metal. The word originated in the 17th century. American work, except in the carriage and early automobile industries, is more often...
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the practice of matching two (or more) wood or stone surfaces, so that two adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book...
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Plum (redirect from Culture of plum)
Savela (2002) Crowell and Guymon (1973). "Aroma Constituents of Plum Brandy". American Journal of Enology. 24 (4): 159–165. Jan Velíšek; František Pudil; Jiří...
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Oak (redirect from American oak)
They live in association with many kinds of fungi including truffles. Oaks support more than 950 species of caterpillar, many kinds of gall wasp which...
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Whittling (section Background of whittling)
the art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife or a time-occupying, non-artistic (contrast wood carving for artistic process) process of repeatedly...
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Wood-Working, American Book Company, 1889; see Exercise 18.— Uniting with Dowels, pages 104-105. Dowel Making and Doweling, Scientific American, Vol. XLIX...
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Journal of Arboriculture. 26 (4). U.S. Forest Service. Kelsey, H. P., & Dayton, W. A. (1942). Standardized Plant Names, second edition. American Joint Committee...
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Sapele (category Trees of Africa)
Entandrophragma cylindricum is a tree of the genus Entandrophragma of the family Meliaceae. It is commonly known as sapele or sapelli (/səˈpiːliː/ sə-PEE-lee)...
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with a blade similar to that of a straight screwdriver and a handle typically made from wood or plastic. An awl is any kind of small pointed tool. A bradawl...
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