Posts Tagged ‘Joinery’
Carpentry and Joinery glossary A-Z Part 6
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Explanation of terminology used in Joinery and Carpentry N-O
Have you ever seen naked timber? Or would you know a noggin if you fell over it? Are Old Women’s Teeth more than just dentures?! In this latest installment, more interesting and unusual woodworking and joinery terms will be explained; hopefully you will understand more about Old Women’s Teeth by the time you have read this!
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Carpentry and Joinery glossary A-Z Part 5
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Explanation of terminology used in Joinery and Carpentry L-M
Don’t know your monkey tail from your lamb’s tongue?! Continuing on from our previous parts of our Carpentry and Joinery terms, this post sees us looking at L-M and explaining exactly what a monkey tail bolt and lamb’s tongue is!
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Carpentry and Joinery glossary A-Z Part 4
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Explanation of terminology used in Joinery and Carpentry H-K
Continuing on from our previous parts of our Carpentry and Joinery terms, this post sees us looking at H-J.
Quick links – A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O (more…)
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Carpentry and Joinery glossary A-Z Part 3
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Explanation of terminology used in Joinery and Carpentry F-G
Continuing on from parts one and two of our Carpentry and Joinery terms, this post sees us looking at F-G
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Carpentry and Joinery glossary A-Z Part 2
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Explanation of terminology used in Joinery and Carpentry C-E
Continuing on from part one of our Carpentry and Joinery terms, this post sees us looking at C-E, from Calf to EX and everything in between!
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Carpentry and Joinery glossary A-Z
Monday, March 1st, 2010
Explanation of terminology used in Joinery and Carpentry
We’ve put together a glossary of commonly used Carpentry & Joinery terms. Some of the terms have a couple of different meanings and some you will be familiar with and some maybe not so. Due to the sheer amount of Carpentry and Joinery terms, we will spread it over a couple of posts so we can include as many as possible.We begin with A-B
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Woodworking joints – Angle joints part 2
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
The Mortice and tenon joint
In its varied forms, this joint is used perhaps more extensively than any other. The picture of the mortice and tenon joint (Fig A) shows the names of the different parts of the joint.
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Treating your wooden gates
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Like all exterior joinery, our wooden gates and garage doors need protecting from the extremes of the British climate, if they are to last for many years. There are many types of treatments available from paints to stains and oils.
If you decide to oil your wooden gates or doors then be aware that you could end up having to regularly apply additional coats of oil every 2-3 months to keep the timber in tip-top condition.
Tags: DIY, Joinery, Painting, Woodwork
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