Questions with Correct Answers
Explain how reeding and fluting differ.
Reeding is elevating off of the work and fluting is cutting into the work.
What tool is generally used to form reeds and flutes on a flat surface?
Router
Name the two types of carving used the most in general woodworking.
Chip carving and relief carving
______ ______ is the formation of complex geometric patterns from many small triangular incisions.
Chip carving
Most chip carving designs are made from variations of two kinds of triangular chips. One uses _____
knife cuts, and the other uses _____ knife cuts.
3, 6
_____ _____ is a method of creating a raised design that seems to stand apart from the background.
Relief carving
What is meant by "setting-in" a design?
Cutting straight down with a firmer or gouge with a sweep similar to the curve of the design.
_____ is a surface covering process in which thin wood veneer pieces are cut and assembled in a
designer picture.
Marquetry
Other than to decorate a piece, why is molding used in furniture?
To hide joints/fasteners, cover end grain, and hold separate parts in proper relation to one another.
What are tambours?
Flexible doors constructed from a series of thin wooden slats.
Explain the difference between furniture and cabinet work.
Furniture is movable and cabinets aren't.
_____ construction is similar to case construction, with more internal details.
Carcass