Deck 31: Decorative Techniques

Question 1

There are two basic knives used in chip carving, a cutting knife and a stab knife.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Bandings are made by gluing solid blocks and veneers together and then slicing them into thin strips.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Letters you wish to carve are laid out from a lettering guide onto the tracing paper and then transferred to the cutting surface using carbon paper.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The ____ has a chisel-like cutter and it is used to level square-sided recesses and to cut dadoes.

A) scratch stock
B) router plane
C) band
D) router stock

Question 5

____ are thin, narrow strips of wood from one species.

A) Inlays
B) Intarsia
C) Strings
D) Bands

Question 6

With ____, the material set into the recess created in the ground surface is not flush with the surface but stands proud.

A) stringing
B) banding
C) inlay
D) intarsia

Question 7

____ uses various shapes, sizes, and species of wood fitted together like a mosaic.

A) Intarsia
B) Parquetry
C) Stringing
D) Banding

Question 8

____ involves decorating a surface without adding any thickness to the work.

A) Banding
B) Hatching
C) Stringing
D) Inlay

Question 9

In the stack method, each veneer should be no more than half an inch oversized in each direction.

Question 10

Today much intarsia work is glued to a plywood background, rather than set into a recess in the wood.

Question 11

Butternut is the number one choice for wood carving, especially for beginners.

Question 12

Keeping your elbow braced away from your body gives you greater leverage.

Question 13

Diamond patterns in parquetry can be created by cutting an alternating pattern at a ____-degree angle.

A) 30
B) 45
C) 60
D) 75

Question 14

____ are made up of two or more species of wood.

A) Strings
B) Bandings
C) Inlays
D) Stocks

Question 15

A ____ is a tool that holds a sharp cutter.

A) scratch stock
B) string stock
C) band stock
D) scratch band

Question 16

Intarsia is often used for pictorial representations.

Question 17

____ is the creation of geometric patterns or motifs through the use of symmetrically shaped pieces of veneer.

A) Intarsia
B) Parquetry
C) Stringing
D) Banding

Question 18

A classic parquetry pattern is the ____ cube, created by joining three 60-degree diamonds.

A) isometric
B) grid
C) checkerboard
D) stagger

Question 19

Intarsia and inlay use different methods.

Question 20

When cutting wood, the three sides of a triangular cut should meet at the top of the cut.

Question 21

In ____, the background is cut away to leave a design.

A) chip carving
B) mallet carving
C) carving in the round
D) relief carving

Question 22

The sharpening angle for the cutting knife is ____ degrees.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40

Question 23

When cutting wood, the cutting knife is held at a ____-degree angle.

A) 45
B) 55
C) 65
D) 75

Question 24

____ carving is the process of removing a series of wood chips to form an engraved design that is lower than the surface of the wood.

A) Knife
B) Strop
C) String
D) Chip

Question 25

Cutting pieces of veneer individually for a picture can be done with a sharp knife, using a technique called the ____ method.

A) stack
B) window
C) pattern
D) background

Question 26

The sharpening angle for the stab knife is ____ degrees.

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40

Question 27

____ allows the woodworker to embellish or decorate a project and requires very little in the way of tools.

A) Point carving
B) Compass carving
C) Chip carving
D) Rosette carving

Question 28

____ is the creation of decorative patterns and pictures.

A) Windowing
B) Stacking
C) Parquetry
D) Marquetry

Question 29

____ veneer produces the three-dimensional effect often seen in veneered shell, oval, and fan motifs.

A) Banding
B) Sanding
C) Shading
D) Fading

Question 30

____ letters are very legible and are perhaps the easiest type of lettering to cut.

A) Roman
B) Rosette
C) Chip
D) Arabic