Exam 31: Decorative Techniques

The sharpening angle for the cutting knife is ____ degrees.

Cutting pieces of veneer individually for a picture can be done with a sharp knife, using a technique called the ____ method.

____ is the creation of geometric patterns or motifs through the use of symmetrically shaped pieces of veneer.

The ____ has a chisel-like cutter and it is used to level square-sided recesses and to cut dadoes.

____ letters are very legible and are perhaps the easiest type of lettering to cut.

When cutting wood, the cutting knife is held at a ____-degree angle.

____ allows the woodworker to embellish or decorate a project and requires very little in the way of tools.

A ____ is a tool that holds a sharp cutter.

Keeping your elbow braced away from your body gives you greater leverage.

____ uses various shapes, sizes, and species of wood fitted together like a mosaic.

The sharpening angle for the stab knife is ____ degrees.

Today much intarsia work is glued to a plywood background, rather than set into a recess in the wood.

____ involves decorating a surface without adding any thickness to the work.

Intarsia is often used for pictorial representations.

Letters you wish to carve are laid out from a lettering guide onto the tracing paper and then transferred to the cutting surface using carbon paper.

____ are thin, narrow strips of wood from one species.

____ veneer produces the three-dimensional effect often seen in veneered shell, oval, and fan motifs.

A classic parquetry pattern is the ____ cube, created by joining three 60-degree diamonds.

____ is the creation of decorative patterns and pictures.

There are two basic knives used in chip carving, a cutting knife and a stab knife.