WOODWORKING
Unit Prompts
Answers to prompts must include one reference from the class text and one
reference from an internet article (dictionary and encyclopedia resources will
not be accepted). Be sure to put quotation marks around your citations, number
them, and place footnotes at the bottom of your paper to reference where your
citation came from.
Prompt 11: Write out your own instructions teaching someone how to measure
something using a tape measure to the nearest 1/8”. Then, draw a
line for each of the following lengths and label them: 4 ½”, 5 ¼”,
2 ¾”, 1 ¼”, ¾”, 6 ½”, 3 5/8”, 7/8”, 7 1/8”.
Prompt 12: Define the term height, width, and depth. Then, illustrate what
parts of a piece of lumber are the height, width, and depth. Next,
illustrate what parts of a cabinet are the height, width, and depth.
Finally, draw a line for each the following lengths: 2^3 / 8 ”, 6 ¼”, 7
¾”, 2^5 / 8 ”, 4 7 / 8 ”, 1 ½”
Prompt 13: What does the “true size” of lumber mean and why is it different
than the named size? Make a chart listing the true sizes of a 1x2,
1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 1x10, 2x2, 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, and a 2x10. Finally,
draw a line for each of the following lengths: 7^13 / 16 ”, 8 ¾”, and
5 5 / 8 ”.
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