Deck 19: Making Wide Panels, Thick Blanks, and Corner Joints

Question 1

____ consist of a double-dovetail shaped piece, called a key, which is inset into the main pieces to help lock them together.

A) Dovetail keys
B) Butterfly keys
C) Butterfly dovetails
D) Butterfly biscuits

Answer 1

B

Question 2

It is vitally important to run stock against the rotation of the cutter.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Simply butting boards edge to edge and gluing them yields a perfectly adequate joint.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

When gluing up boards, clamps should be spaced 6 to 12 inches apart, alternating on the bottom and top of the panel.

Question 5

To reduce warping on wide panels, use relatively narrow boards, no more than about ____ inches wide, to create the wider panel.

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 6

When creating a reinforced butt joint, biscuits are spaced ____ inches apart.

A) 6 to 10
B) 6 to 12
C) 8 to 12
D) 10 to 12

Question 7

The shaper can spin its cutters in only one direction.

Question 8

Plainsawn lumber is not nearly as readily available as quartersawn material.

Question 9

Alternating the growth rings of successive boards in a wide panel can reduce warping.

Question 10

When using ____ to join boards edge to edge, a groove is milled into the edges of the adjoining pieces.

A) splines
B) biscuits
C) dowels
D) butterfly keys

Question 11

Once the panel is marked, each board is edged on the ____ to create an edge that meets its mating edge perfectly.

A) edger
B) planer
C) jointer
D) jig saw

Question 12

All the lumber used for a panel should be dried to a uniform moisture content between 6 percent and ____ percent.

A) 8
B) 9
C) 10
D) 12

Question 13

A well-crafted miter joint is almost imperceptible, since the change happens right at the corner.

Question 14

The expansion and contraction of ____ lumber is over its thickness rather than across its width.

A) quartersawn
B) plainsawn
C) handsawn
D) halfsawn

Question 15

____, Catalpa speciosa, is a relatively soft hardwood with an uneven, wavy grain.

A) Hickory
B) Pine
C) Oak
D) Catalpa

Question 16

In wide panels, the joint between two edges may be a simple butt joint, or it may be either reinforced or positioned.

Question 17

Wide panels are manufactured by joining two or more narrow boards together end to end.

Question 18

____ joints include the use of splines, biscuits, dowels, or butterfly keys.

A) Reinforced dovetail
B) Reinforced butt
C) Combination
D) Positioned

Question 19

Quartersawn material shows the distinct grain patterns that one may wish to showcase in a wide panel.

Question 20

____ joints are joints such as the tongue-and-groove, ship-lap, glue, lock miter, or finger joints.

A) Reinforced dovetail
B) Reinforced butt
C) Combination
D) Positioned

Question 21

A ____ joint is frequently used to create an edge miter joint.

A) fastened edge miter
B) biscuited edge miter
C) splined edge miter
D) lock miter

Question 22

A ____ joint is a positioned joint that creates a lock, which aids greatly in assembling the joint.

A) biscuited edge miter
B) lock miter
C) splined edge miter
D) fastened edge miter

Question 23

____ joints are constructed by joining the edge of one board to the face of another.

A) Edge
B) Think blank
C) Slap
D) Corner

Question 24

Corner miter joints may be reinforced to help in ____.

A) attachment
B) alignment
C) fastening
D) strength

Question 25

The ____ joint has a rabbet milled on one joining member into which the other fits.

A) rabbet-and-dado
B) rabbet-and-groove
C) single-rabbet
D) double-rabbet

Question 26

With the ____, the direction of the spindle's rotation must be checked.

A) joiner
B) planer
C) shaper
D) miter

Question 27

____ joints used for joining boards edge to edge for wider panels include tongue-and-groove, shiplap, glue, finger, and lock miter joints.

A) Butt
B) Panel
C) Positioned
D) Butterfly

Question 28

____ may be either continuous or intermittent.

A) Glue blocks
B) Splines
C) Joint fasteners
D) Biscuits

Question 29

The edge miter joint looks similar to the case miter joint but differs in its ____ orientation.

A) grain
B) edge
C) side
D) end

Question 30

The ____ joint has rabbets cut into the opposite faces of adjoining boards.

A) shiplap
B) slap
C) tongue-and-groove
D) butterfly key