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Alder, Red -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Angiosperms -- Wood Botany 

Angle

• Clearance -- How Tools Cut Wood
• Cutting -- How Tools Cut Wood
• Jointing -- Jointing Know-How
• Tool -- How Tools Cut Wood
• Tool, restore -- Sharpening Know-How

Arkansas stone -- Sharpening Tools and Materials

Ash -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Aspen -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Auger

• Bit, sharpening -- Sharpening Drill Bits
• File -- Sharpening Tools and Materials, Sharpening Drill Bits

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Bark -- Wood Grain

Bark side -- Planing Know-How

Basswood -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Beech -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Bending strength -- Wood Strength

Bevel

	Double -- Sharpening Knives
	Hollow -- Sharpening Knives
	Jointer, cutting on a -- Jointing Know-How
	Single -- Sharpening Knives

Birch, Yellow -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Birds eye figure -- Wood Grain

Black oxide -- Preventing and Removing Rust

Boards

	Busting down  -- Truing Lumber
	Squaring -- Truing Lumber
	Truing -- Truing Lumber

Bocote -- Mechanical Properties of World Woods (chart), Physical Properties of World Woods (chart)

Botany, wood -- Wood Botany

Bound water - Wood Movement

Brad-point bit, sharpening  -- Sharpening Drill Bits

Bubinga -- Mechanical Properties of World Woods (chart), Physical Properties of World Woods (chart)

Buffing compound -- Sharpening Tools and Materials

Burl figure -- Wood Grain

Burnisher -- Sharpening Scrapers

Burr

• Removing when sharpening -- Sharpening Chisels and Plane Irons
• Scrapers, forming when sharpening -- Sharpening Scrapers

Busting down boards -- Truing Lumber

Butternut -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

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Carbide, sharpening -- Touching Up High Speed Cutters

Cedar, Aromatic Red -- Mechanical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart)

Cedar, Western Red -- Mechanical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart)

Cellulose -- Wood Strength

Ceramic stones -- Sharpening Tools and Materials

Chamfer

Jointer, cutting on a -- Jointing Know-How

Changing shape, wood -- Wood Movement

Chelator -- Preventing and Removing Rust

Chemical attributes -- Health Hazards, Physical Properties, Wood Botany

Cherry -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Chestnut, Wormy -- Mechanical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Hardwoods (chart)

Chisels, sharpening -- Sharpening Chisels and Plane Irons, Sharpening Skews and Gouges, Sharpening Parting Tools

Classroom, Virtual -- Introduction to Woodworking Demonstrations

Clearance Angle -- How Tools Cut Wood

Closed grain -- Physical Properties, Wood Botany, Wood Grain

Cocobolo -- Mechanical Properties of World Woods (chart), Physical Properties of World Woods (chart)

Color, wood -- Physical Properties

Compressive strength -- Wood Strength

Cove

• Cutting -- Cutting Coves on a Table Saw
• Molding -- Cutting Coves on a Table Saw

Crotch figure -- Wood Grain

Crown molding -- Cutting Coves on a Table Saw

Curly figure -- Wood Grain

Cutting

	Angle -- How Tools Cut Wood
	Definition -- How Tools Cut Wood
	Downhill -- Jointing Know-How,
	Edge -- How Tools Cut Wood
	Geometry -- How Tools Cut Wood
	Uphill -- Jointing Know-How,  Planing Know-How
	With the grain -- Jointing Know-How. Planing Know-How

Cypress -- Mechanical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart), Physical Properties of North American Softwoods (chart)

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Diamond stones -- Sharpening Tools and Materials

Direction, grain -- Wood Strength

Distortion, wood -- Wood Movement

Drill bit sharpening guide -- Sharpening Drill Bits (jig)

Drying, shop -- Selecting Lumber

Dull Tools  -- How Tools Cut Wood

Dust

	Collection -- Health Hazards
	Mask -- Health Hazards

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