Over the years I have provided information on wood finishing, the materials and technologies used, the problems that can occur and finishing defects. I have often used, due to the experience gained from years of working with finishing materials, specific technical terms without...
Solid wood furniture is highly prized, and some people don't want to have furniture other than solid wood. Stains, waxes and oils can be used to embellish and protect it, but synthetic varnishes are also used...
Prefabricated self-supporting panels, structural insulated panels, panelized building system or structural insulated sandwich panels are all formulations to define the same type of building material - SIP panels. When I wrote about the different types of timber houses a...
The mortise and tenon, mortise and tenon as you will find it in the English documentation, is perhaps the most common wood joint, used in furniture as well as doors, windows and construction. It is one of a series of classic traditional mortise and tenon joints, along with...
End grain - end grain, in translation - is the term we also use to show a way of cutting and laying wood to make floors, chopping boards, kitchen worktops and even panels used to decorate walls. From such panels...
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