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as a hammer. Hand axe: A small axe used for intermediate chopping, similar to hatchets. Mortising axe: Used for creating mortises, a process which begins...

chisel mortising bits can also be fitted to normal drill presses using a mortising attachment. The Greenlee Company still manufactures mortisers, as do...

makes it unworkable as an axe. Unfortunately many old examples have been damaged by such misuse. The related mortising axe is similar, but single-sided...

A mortise and tenon (occasionally mortice and tenon) joint connects two pieces of wood or other material. Woodworkers around the world have used it for...

grinding grooves, or axe-grinding grooves, have been found across the Australian continent. The working edge of the hatchet or axe was sharpened by rubbing...

its bevelled edges. Mortise chisel thick, rigid blade with straight cutting edge and deep, slightly tapered sides to make mortises and similar joints....

drilled, leaving rounded corners. The function of the corner chisel is therefore similar to the square mortising chisel used on a mortising machine. v t e...

A froe (or frow), shake axe or paling knife is a tool for cleaving wood by splitting it along the grain. It is an L-shaped tool, used by hammering one...

auger to start the mortise, followed by chiseling to square the opening Mortising machine to create the mortise Box joint Lap joint Mortise and tenon Bridle...

adze (/ædz/) or adz is an ancient and versatile cutting tool similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel...

adhesives, while others use only wood elements (such as dowels or plain mortise and tenon fittings). The characteristics of wooden joints—strength, flexibility...

into lumber (timber) with more or less flat surfaces using primarily an axe. It is an ancient method, and before the advent of the industrial-era type...

steel construction. Bevel angle varies from 20˚ to 35˚ typically, with mortising and heavy chisels featuring steep angles, and paring chisels having shallower...

driven into a hole bored through two (or more) pieces of structural wood (mortise and tenon). The use of wood as a tenon can be traced back over 7,000 years...

[citation needed] To cope with variable sizes and shapes of hewn (by adze or axe) and sawn timbers, two main carpentry methods were employed: scribe carpentry...

grain using tools such as a hammer and wedges, splitting maul, cleaving axe, side knife, or froe. In woodworking carpenters use a wooden siding which...

Abrasives Axe Adze Burnisher Chisel Drawknife Drill Fence Float Gimlet Gauge Impact driver Janka hardness test Jointer Mallet Milling machine Mitre box...

point, like that of a spear or arrow, or an edge, like that of a knife or axe, more durable and efficient for its use as a tool or weapon. An initial study...

Abrasives Axe Adze Burnisher Chisel Drawknife Drill Fence Float Gimlet Gauge Impact driver Janka hardness test Jointer Mallet Milling machine Mitre box...

glue ups as they facilitate alignment of panel members. To create the mortise for the biscuit, a biscuit joiner is usually required. There are other...