High school manual training course in woodwork, including cost of equipment and supplies and studies on trees and wood (1905)
Ritchey, Samuel Edward, 1866- · New York, American Book Company · leaf 34
thin walls,and these are intermixed, and since spring wood shrinksmore than summer wood in the same years growth, woodstrains and warps as it dries out. Since the summer wood is the newer wood, and alsothe larger part of each years growth, the wood shrinksas shown in Figures 23-26. Then since the… … Fig. 26 Fig. 27 fibers and thus make checks or shakes in the wood,especially if it is made to dry too rapidly (Fig. 27). Grain of WoodThe small fibers, generally parallel to each other,give us the grain of the wood. Separating thesefibers, or splitting the wood, is easier than breakingthe fibers…
Woodwork (Manual training) · Cabinetwork
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