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Woodfest Wales
Woodfest Wales is an annual wood carving event that started in June 2002 in St. Asaph, and attracted nearly 20,000 visitors in 2004. In 2005, due to its increasing popularity, a second event was held in May at Margam Park near Port Talbot in South Wales.
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Woodchipper
A tree chipper or wood chipper is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller parts, such as wood chips or sawdust. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van. Power is generally provided by an internal combustion engine […]
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Wood warping
Wood warping costs the wood industry in the U.S. millions of dollars per year. Straight wood boards that leave a cutting facility sometimes arrive at the store yard warped. This little understood process is finally being looked at in a serious way. Although wood warping has been studied for years, the warping control model […]
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Wood veneer
Veneer, in woodworking, refers to thin slices of wood, usually thinner than 3 millimetres (1/8 inch). Veneer layers are usually glued and pressed onto core panels of different materials (such as wood, particle board or medium density fiberboard) to obtain doors, tops and side panels for cabinets, parquet floors and pieces of furniture. They […]
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Wood shaper
A wood shaper usually just shaper in North America or spindle moulder in the UK is a stationary woodworking machine in which a spindle spins at moderately high speeds. Specially shaped bits are mounted on the spindle. As the workpiece is fed into the machine, the bit cuts a profile into it. On some […]
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Wood router
A router is a woodworking tool used to rout out (hollow out) an area in the face of a piece of wood. It was a tool particularly used by pattern makers and staircase makers and consisted of a broad-based wooden hand plane with a narrow blade projecting well beyond its base plate gaining it […]
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Wood pulp
Wood pulp is the most common material used to make paper. The timber resources used to make wood pulp are referred to as pulpwood. Wood pulp generally comes from softwood trees such as spruce, pine, fir, larch and hemlock, but also some hardwoods such as eucalyptus and birch.
Manufacture of wood pulp
Wood pulp is made […]
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Wood preservation
All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment). Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different (chemical) preservatives and processes (also known as timber treatment or lumber treatment) that can extend the life of wood, timber, wood structures […]
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Wood grain
Wood grain describes the alignment, texture and appearance of the wood fibres. This is often important in its effect on woodworking techniques (e.g. against the grain). In describing the alignment of the wood in the tree a distinction may be made. Basic grain descriptions and types include:
straight - grain which runs in a single […]
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Wood glue
Wood glues are adhesives used to tightly bond pieces of wood together. Many substances have been used as glues.
The most common wood glue is polyvinyl acetate (PVA), also known as “carpenter’s glue” or “Yellow glue”. The white version of polyvinyl acetate is also used on wood. Traditionally, animal glues were ubiquitous, especially hide glue, […]
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