Wood Measurements
Project Measurements
Warp
Engineered Wood
Defects
100
Top and Bottom of a Board
What is SURFACE or FACE
100
Measurement from Top to Bottom
What is HEIGHT
100
A Board's curvature from Edge to Edge
What is CUP
100
Strongest Manufactured Wood made up of plies, glued together 90 degrees from each other.
What is PLYWOOD
100
Caused by an embedded limb or branch.
What is a KNOT
200
Name for the Sides of a Board
What are EDGES
200
Measurement Left to Right
What is WIDTH
200
A board's HUMP curvature on it's edge running End to End
What is CROWN
200
Made from compressing and glueing Oriented Stands together.
What is OSB (Orientated Strand Board)
200
Aseperation of the wood along the grain.
What is CHECK
300
Board part that is 90 degrees to BOTH the Surface AND the Edge
What is END
300
Measurement from Front to Back
What is DEPTH
300
A Board's BELLY curvature on it's edge running End to End
What is CROOK
300
Made by compressing and glueing small Particles of Wood together.
What is PARTICLE BOARD
300
Presence of Bark Wood along a Boards Edge.
What is WANE
400
Another name used for the growth ring of a tree
What is GRAIN
400
Measurement that is the SAME on a piece of Wood
What is WIDTH
400
A Board's curature on it's Surface running End to End
What is BOW
400
Made from glueing Wood Pulp together.
What is MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard)
400
A seperation in plywood layers
What is DELAMINATION
500
Usually the largest Measurement of a Board
What is LENGTH
500
Measurement of the THICKNESS of a 5/4 board
What is 1 1/4 inch
500
When a Board's Surfaces' corners all don't lie flat.
What is TWIST
500
A thin piece of material glued to the outside of Plywood
What is VENEER
500
Is the Main reason why Plywood Delaminates
What is INTERIOR GLUE USED OUTDOORS