Woodworking Terms
Crossword Puzzle
NAME: ______PERIOD: ______DATE: ______
ACROSS:
1. An instrument used to layout or test right angles, with two arms at 90 degrees to each other, the longer and wider arm is the blade; the shorter narrower arm is the tongue.
2. A saw with a looped blade running around two wheels. Used with narrow blades for cutting freehand shapes, and with wider blades and a guide for re-sawing material.
4. A type of chop saw where the angle of the blade in relation to the fence is adjustable to cut material at an angle; compound miter saws feature a tilting blade as well.
5. A machine, in which a drill bit, is pushed into material to produce a hole.
7. The activity or skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making (Cabinetry and Furniture), wood carving, joinery, and carpentry.
9. Lumber from the group of trees with broad leaves, this has no reference to the actual hardness of the wood.
11. A bit that is similar to twist drill bit, but it has a flat bottom and sharp point.
13. This is when a board is thrown back by a cutter, prevented using anti-kickback devices on power tools such as table saws.
17. A groove in the face of a board, usually to accept another board at 90 degrees.
18. A small plane designed for cutting across end grain.
19. A square with a steel tongue in a wooden handle that can be used to transfer angles to the table saw.
21. Basically a high speed motor with handles and an adjustable base with a collet that accepts profile bits to cut dados, rabbets, or shapes.
22. The width of a saw cut, it's determined by the thickness and set of the blade.
DOWN:
1. Pointed instrument that looks like an ice pick, useful for marking positions when laying out a project.
3. Metal buttons that go into a predrilled dowel hole to mark the position for drilling the second piece.
6. The side of a power tool where a board enters.
8. The wood lighter colored wood on the outside of a log, this wood is more susceptible to rot than heartwood.
9. A tool to smooth and true wood surfaces, consisting of a blade fastened in frame at an angle with hand grips to slide it along the board.
10. A groove cut in the edge or face of a board.
12. A machine used to true the edges of boards usually in preparation for ripping or gluing.
14. A power-fed machine that trims the surface of a board to a certain thickness.
15. Measurement of lumber equal to one square foot an inch thick or 144 cubic inches. Multiply width in inches X length in inches X thickness in inches; divide by 144 for total board feet.
16. A form of paper with an abrasive material fixed to its surface.
18. The outer protective layer of a tree.
19. A woodworking machine with a circular saw mounted under a table with height and angle adjustments for the blade.
20. A special drill bit that allows a screw head to sit flush with the face of the material it is driven into.
23. A type of wood finish that is a liquid preparation that dries to a hard lustrous coating.