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Wood Tech chp 8 wrkbk

Matching
 
 
a.
a
b.
b
c.
c
d.
d
 

1. 

end butt joint
 

2. 

edge butt joint
 

3. 

biscuit joint
 

4. 

dowel joint
 
 
a.
1
e.
5
b.
2
f.
6
c.
3
g.
7
d.
4
 

5. 

Clamp the two pieces of wood to be joined securely to the bench.
 

6. 

Clamp the two pieces together until the glue is dry.
 

7. 

Lay out the location of the joint on the adjoining wood surfaces.
 

8. 

Apply water-based glue to the slots and the surfaces.
 

9. 

Create the slots for the biscuits.
 

10. 

Insert the biscuits into the slots of the first piece and then fit the second piece to it, shifting them slightly for alignment if necessary.
 

11. 

Adjust the fences of the machine for vertical location of the slots and for depth of cut.
 

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

12. 

A biscuit joint does not require glue.
 

13. 

In making a butt joint, the butt ends must be square.
 

14. 

The butt joint is not an especially strong joint.
 

15. 

Screws grip better in cross grain than they do in end grain.
 

16. 

In making an edge dowel joint, choose dowel rod that is a little more than half the thickness of the stock.
 

17. 

A dowel rod should usually not be longer than 1 inch.
 

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
 

18. 

Figure 8-2 (in workbook) shows how a(n) _____ block can be used to strenghten a butt joint.
 

 

19. 

What type of wood is usually used to make dowel rod?
 

 

20. 

Dowel rod comes in diameters from 1/8 to _____ inch.
 

 

21. 

Cut the dowel rod short enough to allow about _____ inch clearance at each end of the joint.
 

 

22. 

To make the dowels easier to fit into the holes, cut a slight _____ at each end.
 

 

23. 

A frame can be strengthened by installing one or more _____ at each corner.
 

 

24. 

_____ are small metal pins that are used to match and mark the location of holes on the two parts of a dowel joint. (two words)
 

 

25. 

A doweling _____  is a device that guides the drill to cut straight, perpendicular dowel holes.
 

 



 
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