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Know Your Wood, Glossary of Terms
When dealing with fine hardwoods and custom craftsmanship, as ImportAdvantage does every day building and delivering top-quality TV lift cabinets, many customers prefer to educate themselves in the terminology of wood and woodworking. So ImportAdvantage has compiled this resourceful glossary to increase your appreciation of the details we put in every TV lift cabinet we design.
- Air Dried: Lumber dried naturally by the air.
- Bookmatch: layers of veneer arranged side by side to resemble a mirror.
- Common Grade Lumber: Lumber with defects, used in construction framing.
- Dovetail Joint: A joint where the fingers are shaped like a doves’ tail, used to join pieces at 90 degrees.
- European Hinge: A hidden style hinge fastened to the door with a cup hole.
- Finger Joint: Long, tapered fingers used to join material together.
- Grain: The appearance, size and direction of the alignment of the fibers in the wood.
- Hardwood: Lumber from trees with broad leaves.
- Heartwood: The wood from the pith extending to
Posted on: October 11, 2010Posted by: Kerry Mann -
Know Your Wood, Glossary of Terms
When dealing with fine hardwoods and custom craftsmanship, as ImportAdvantage does every day building and delivering top-quality TV lift cabinets, many customers prefer to educate themselves in the terminology of wood and woodworking. So ImportAdvantage has compiled this resourceful glossary to increase your appreciation of the details we put in every TV lift cabinet we design.
- Air Dried: Lumber dried naturally by the air.
- Bookmatch: layers of veneer arranged side by side to resemble a mirror.
- Common Grade Lumber: Lumber with defects, used in construction framing.
- Dovetail Joint: A joint where the fingers are shaped like a doves’ tail, used to join pieces at 90 degrees.
- European Hinge: A hidden style hinge fastened to the door with a cup hole.
- Finger Joint: Long, tapered fingers used to join material together.
- Grain: The appearance, size and direction of the alignment of the fibers in the wood.
- Hardwood: Lumber from trees with broad leaves.
- Heartwood: The wood from the pith extending to
Posted on: October 11, 2010Posted by: Kerry Mann