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Q: What type of wood is this?
A: Black Walnut is known for its hardness and dark brown inner coloring with outer light beige outer ring
Q: Which type of fasteners would be best when building a table of Beetle Kill Pine?
A: Hidden tenons allow for more wood movement as Pine is especially known for continual expansion and contraction.
Q: What causes the blue, purple, and gray coloring in Beetle Kill Pine lumber?
A: The blue stain pine fungus works symbiotically with the beetles by turning the tree wood into nutrients.
Q: When would you use a Kreg screw?
A: Typically Kreg screws are used when mechanically fastening wood to a pre-existing surface, such as installing new cabinetry.
Q: What is a hidden tenon
A: It is a joinery method that uses small domino-like wood pieces inserted into holes with wood glue to create strong joints.
Q: Which option best describes a “live edge”?
A: Furniture with the de-barked natural edge
Q: How could one add a live edge to a planed board?
A: Hidden tenons with wood glue will give the tightest joint and is most unlikely to fail.
Q: What is the function of a jointer?
A: A jointer cuts an extremely flat surface so that joint has gap in the seam
Q: For a crosscut, which tool would you use?
A: A chop saw is the safest choice.
Q: When hand-sanding, why is it best to sand in the direction of the grain?
A: Sanding in the direction of the grain will help you avoid the look of sanding marks cutting through wood grain.