woodworking
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.35|Wooden house with wooden furniture, spinning wheel, loom and various tools right|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
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- Woodworking
- practiced by
- furniture maker
- described by source
- Gujin Tushu Jicheng
- Stack Exchange site URL
- woodworking.stackexchange.com
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
32 sectionsContents
- History
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient China
- Modern day
- Styles and designs
- Materials
- Common softwoods used for furniture
- Cedar
- Fir
- Pine
- Common hardwoods used for furniture
- Ash
- Beech
- Birch
- Cherry
- Mahogany
- Oak
- Maple
- Factors in choosing materials
- Woods with good working properties
- Very durable woods
- Woods used for carving
- Tools
- Hand tools
- Power tools
- Notable woodworkers
- See also
- References
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.35|Wooden house with wooden furniture, spinning wheel, loom and various tools right|thumb|Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “woodworking” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.