Manual of Purpose-Made Woodworking Joinery

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Manual of Purpose-Made Woodworking Joinery ...

To Mary Elizabeth, who enriched my life many years ago by adding Goring to her majestic names. Sadly, though, this transaction c ...

Manual of Purpose-Made Woodworking Joinery Les Goring, ACIOB, FIOC, FTCB, LCGI, MIWSc Fellow of the Institute of Carpenters Form ...

First edition published 2014 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, ...

Preface vi Acknowledgements vii Health and Safety Awareness viii 1 Softwoods and hardwoods; Timber defects 1 2 Drawings and rods ...

This book was written as a sequel to my last book entitled Manual of First- & Second-Fixing Carpentry, which was prompted by ...

In no particular order, the author would like to thank the following people and companies for their co- operation and help in va ...

Hand tools, power tools and machines are obvi- ously mentioned in this work, but the book does not purposely set out to instruct ...

INTRODUCTION Woodworkers do not need a degree in wood science or biology, but they do need a certain basic knowledge regarding t ...

2 Softwoods and hardwoods three of these named hardwoods are very strong and durable and are often used in the manufacture of ex ...

Seasoning 3 Spring and summer growth of annual rings Figures 1.1(b)(c): Most annual rings show themselves distinctly on the end- ...

4 Softwoods and hardwoods sap from the timber, until the required mc is achieved. Strict control of heat and humidity has to be ...

Shrinkage distortion 5 at 1.2(d). Four different conversions of the basic quarter- sawn shape are illustrated in Figures 1.2(e) ...

6 Softwoods and hardwoods DEFECTS DURING GROWTH Deadwood This term refers to wood from a dead standing tree that lacks strength ...

Timber grading 7 shakes), or towards the pith from the circumference (star shakes). They are caused by shrinkage in an over- mat ...

8 Softwoods and hardwoods separated and are sold as u/s (unsorted) timber. The difference in grades is listed below: Free from ...

INTRODUCTION Most woodworkers have to be able to read scaled technical drawings, interpret them and produce work accordingly; bu ...

10 Drawings and rods size, or this can be thought of as 1mm on the drawing equalling 10mm in reality. Although a scale rule is u ...

Orthographic projection 11 DIMENSION LINES AND FIGURES Figures 2.3(a)(b)(c): Dimension lines with open arrowheads, illustrated b ...