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GLOSSARY OF TERMS FOR WOODWORKING
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Arbour:
The revolving shaft on which a blade or cutting tool is mounted.
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Arbour Lock:
Allows the user to stop the blade from rotating while tightening or
loosening the arbour screw during blade replacement or removal.
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Bevel Cut:
A cutting operation made with the blade at any angle other than 90°
to the mitre table.
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Chamfer Cut:
A cut removing a wedge from a block of wood so the end (or part
of the end) is angled at other than 90°.
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Compound Mitre Cut:
A cut made using both a mitre angle and a bevel angle at
the same time.
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Cross cut:
A cutting operation made across the grain of the work piece.
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Flange:
A ring or collar on the end of a spindle that permits other objects, such as
a blade, to be attached to it.
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Freehand Cut:
Performing a cut without using a fence, mitre gauge, fixture, work
clamp, or other proper device to keep the work piece from twisting or moving
during the cut.
Do not
perform any operation free hand. Use a clamp or vise
wherever possible.
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Gum:
A sticky, sap-based residue from wood products.
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Kerf:
The material removed by the blade in a through cut or the slot produced by
the blade in a non-through or partial cut.
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Kickback:
A hazard that can occur when the blade binds or stalls, throwing the
work piece back toward operator.
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Mitre Cut:
A cutting operation made with the blade at any angle other than 90° to
the fence.
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No Hands Zone:
The area between the marked lines on the left and right side of
the mitre-table base. This zone is identified by No Hands Zone symbols inside the
marked lines on the mitre table base.
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Non-Through Cuts:
Any cutting operation where the blade does not extend
completely through the thickness of the work piece.
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Resin:
A sticky, sap-based substance that has hardened.
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Revolutions Per Minute (RPM):
The number of turns completed by a spinning
object in one minute.
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Saw Blade Path:
The area over, under, behind, or in front of the blade, as it
applies to the work piece: that area which will be or has been cut by the blade.
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Set:
The distance that the saw blade tooth is bent (or set) outward from the face
of the blade.
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Throat Plate:
A plate inserted in the Mitre Saw's table that allows for blade
clearance.
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Through Sawing:
Any cutting operation where the blade extends completely
through the thickness of the work piece.
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Work Piece or Material:
The item on which the cutting operation is being done.
The surfaces of a work piece are commonly referred to as faces, ends, and
edges.
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