(i) Carcass: This is a body or the „bare bones of a boxlike construction. Any wide boards joined together to…
Five parts of a lathe machine are as follow: (i) Drive pulley (ii) Chuck or screw chuck (iii) Tail stock…
Face plate turning is fixed permanently and it hold the item to be turned while turning between centres refers the…
(i) knife cutting (ii) rotary cutting (iii) saw cut (i) Knife cutting: A squared log is fastened to a machine…
Veneer is a thin layer or sheet sliced from wood and is usually of uniform thickness.
(i) Application by hand brush/spray gun. (ii) By dipping (iii) By steeping (i) Application by hand brush/spray gun preservatives is…
The term “preservation of timber” is any treatment given to timber by the use of the various preservatives to prolong…
Conversion of timber: The term conversion of timber is the breaking down or sawing up of logs into commercial sizes.
Reasons, why timber must be seasoned, are: (i) Further shrinkage, checking and distortion are reduced to a minimum (ii) Conditions…
Seasoning is the drying-out of most of the moisture from the wood, so that the timber is conditioned before use.