INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TIMBER HSC- INDUSTRY
RELATED TECHNOLOGIES EXAM SOLVED #7
Plantation Timbers - correct answer Radiata Pine and Blackbutt
Rip Teeth - correct answer Teeth with a 0-3 Degree Pitch
Live Sawing - correct answer Through and through
Quickest and easiest
Australian Softwoods - correct answer Hoop pine, White Cypress and Jelutong
PVA - correct answer Polyvinyl Acetate
EMC - correct answer Equilibrium Moisture Content
Exotic Softwoods - correct answer Redwood and Kauri
Exotic Hardwoods - correct answer Ebony and Zebrawood
Types of seasoning - correct answer Air seasoning (stacked in the open air to dry)
Kiln (forced air circulation, artificial seasoning)
100% v 20% - correct answer Moisture content for greenwood vs seasoned timber
Crosscut Teeth - correct answer Teeth with a 14 Degree Pitch
Hardwood - correct answer wood from broad-leaved trees such as oak, ash, blue gum
or beech- deciduous trees
Dual-Purpose Teeth - correct answer Teeth with a 22.5 Degree Pitch
Flitch - correct answer Longitudinal cut from tree trunks
Quarter Sawing - correct answer Less cupping/warping good wearing surface for floors
and furniture however takes longer to season, more prone to splitting, more expensive
and more wastage
Burl - correct answer A round knotty growth from a tree
Softwood - correct answer The wood from coniferous tree; such as pine, fur or spruce-
evergreens
Back Sawing - correct answer Tangential, most common method, high grade timber,
seasons rapidly, good figure on face, less prone to splitting, shrinks, warps and cups
RELATED TECHNOLOGIES EXAM SOLVED #7
Plantation Timbers - correct answer Radiata Pine and Blackbutt
Rip Teeth - correct answer Teeth with a 0-3 Degree Pitch
Live Sawing - correct answer Through and through
Quickest and easiest
Australian Softwoods - correct answer Hoop pine, White Cypress and Jelutong
PVA - correct answer Polyvinyl Acetate
EMC - correct answer Equilibrium Moisture Content
Exotic Softwoods - correct answer Redwood and Kauri
Exotic Hardwoods - correct answer Ebony and Zebrawood
Types of seasoning - correct answer Air seasoning (stacked in the open air to dry)
Kiln (forced air circulation, artificial seasoning)
100% v 20% - correct answer Moisture content for greenwood vs seasoned timber
Crosscut Teeth - correct answer Teeth with a 14 Degree Pitch
Hardwood - correct answer wood from broad-leaved trees such as oak, ash, blue gum
or beech- deciduous trees
Dual-Purpose Teeth - correct answer Teeth with a 22.5 Degree Pitch
Flitch - correct answer Longitudinal cut from tree trunks
Quarter Sawing - correct answer Less cupping/warping good wearing surface for floors
and furniture however takes longer to season, more prone to splitting, more expensive
and more wastage
Burl - correct answer A round knotty growth from a tree
Softwood - correct answer The wood from coniferous tree; such as pine, fur or spruce-
evergreens
Back Sawing - correct answer Tangential, most common method, high grade timber,
seasons rapidly, good figure on face, less prone to splitting, shrinks, warps and cups
