Introduction to dressing wood.
1. Define the following terms.
A. Stock:​ another name for wood or lumber dressed or rough
B. True:​ a piece of stock that has been completely dressed
C. Width: ​the distance between the edges of a workpiece
across the grain
D. Length: ​the distance between the two opposite edges of a
piece between a workpiece measured with the grain
E. Corner: a ​place where 2 or 3 surfaces meet
F. Thickness: ​the distance between the two faces of a
workpiece
G.Face: ​the larger broad surface of a workpiece
H. Edge: ​the narrowest surface of a workpiece
I. End: ​The two surfaces that are the limits of a board’s length.
2.Measurements are always given in what order?
THICKNESS x WIDTH x LENGTH
3. A board about to be dressed should be at least how long
in length? ​12 inches
4. Why should the board be a certain length? ​Because it’s not
the finished length and you need enough scrap wood to be cut off
by the machines
5. Complete the following squaring Stock chart.
Step
Machine
Operation
1.
CUT OFF SAW
Cut to rough
length + 1 inch
2.
JOINTER
flatten one face
flatten one
edge against
fence
3.
PLANER
Plane to
thickness - flat
face
down
4.
TABLE SAW
Rip to finish
width - straight
edge
against fence
5.
JOINTER
Straighten cut
edge
6.
MITER SAW
Cross cut to
finish length