Name: wood surfacing for smooth, safe lumber
Uploaded: 2024-09-12T16:16:32.000Z
Duration: 1 min 14 s
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ウッドサーフェスは、より滑らかな仕上げを実現し、より正確な寸法を確保し、取り扱いをより安全にするために行われます。
木材の寸法は、シーズニングプロセス中に発生する収縮を補うために、表面仕上げが前に行われるとわずかに増加します。
シーズニング段階で発生する歪みは、表面仕上げによって修正できます。
回転ブレードを特徴とする平面と呼ばれる機器は、表面仕上げの過程で木材の表面を滑らかにし、端をわずかに丸くするために使用されます。
通常、木材は4つの側面に表面化されています。一般に、広葉樹は両面のみに表面化され、他の粗いエッジは木工職人によって完成されます。
表面化された木材は一貫して平坦性を示す必要がありますが、回転したオブジェクトは明確な丸みを示す必要があり、エッジは常に完全にまっすぐに見える必要があります。
サンディングは、木材の表面を滑らかにするために使用される別の一般的な方法です。
木質繊維の方向に研磨することを常にお勧めします。粗いグリットから始めて、徐々に細かいグリットに移動して、より滑らかな仕上がりにします。

木材の表面仕上げ

Wood Surfacing

木材の表面仕上げは、木材の表面を滑らかにし、寸法精度を高め、取り扱いをより安全にするために設計された重要な仕上げプロセスです。このプロセスでは、表面仕上げの前に木材の寸法をわずかに大きくすることで、乾燥段階での潜在的な収縮を補正します。また、木材が乾燥するときに発生する可能性のある歪みを修正するのにも役立ちます。

表面仕上げプロセスで使用される機器は、回転刃を備えたかんなです。このツールは木材の表面を効率的に滑らかにし、エッジをわずかに丸くして、木材の外観と取り扱い時の安全性を高めます。通常、木材は均一性と平坦性を確保するために4面全てに表面仕上げが施されます。ただし、広葉樹は2面のみに表面仕上げされることが多く、残りの粗いエッジは特定のプロジェクト要件に従って木工職人が仕上げます。

完成品の一貫性が最も重要です。表面仕上げされた木材は常に平らな表面を呈していなければなりません。同様に、旋盤加工された木製オブジェクトは明確な丸みを呈し、全てのエッジは完全にまっすぐでなければなりません。滑らかな仕上げを実現するためのもう1つの一般的な手法は、徐々に細かい粒度を使用するサンディングです。表面を傷つけないようにし、滑らかな仕上げを確実にするために、サンディングは常に木材の繊維の方向に行う必要があります。

これらの方法により、木材の表面仕上げは、木材製品が見た目に美しいだけでなく、建築および木工プロジェクトの正確な仕様を満たすことを保証します。

ウッドサーフェスは、より滑らかな仕上げを実現し、より正確な寸法を確保し、取り扱いをより安全にするために行われます。
木材の寸法はわずかに増加しています...

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JoVE Core

Civil Engineering

土木工学

Unit 1

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Wood

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

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wood surfacing for smooth, safe lumber

Wood surfacing smooths lumber, improves its size accuracy, and makes it safer to handle. It is a key finishing step in woodworking and construction. The process also helps correct small distortions that can form as wood dries.

Before surfacing, the wood may be sized slightly larger to account for shrinkage during seasoning, which is the drying stage. A plane, a tool with rotating blades, is used to remove material and smooth the surface. The same tool can also round the edges a little, which improves both appearance and safety.

Lumber is usually surfaced on all four sides so the piece is flat and uniform. Hardwoods are often surfaced on only two sides, leaving the remaining rough surfaces for the woodworker to finish as needed. For any surfaced piece, the finished result should be flat. Turned wooden objects should be clearly round, and edges should be straight.

Sanding is another way to create a smooth finish. It uses grit sizes that become finer step by step. Sanding should always follow the direction of the wood fibers to avoid damaging the surface and to leave a smoother result.

Wood Surfacing for Smooth, Safe Lumber

introduction to wood

Wood Structure and Uses in Building

Wood is a construction material made from trees. A tree trunk has several layers. The outside is a protective layer of dead bark. Under that is living bark, then the cambium, then sapwood. As sapwood matures, it becomes heartwood. The pith sits at the center of the trunk. The age of a tree can be read from its growth rings. These rings are concentric bands seen in a trunk cross-section. Wood strength also depends on grain. Grain refers to elongated, tubular cells that run along the length of...

softwoods and hardwoods

Wood Grain in Softwoods and Hardwoods

Softwoods and hardwoods come from different kinds of trees, and their leaf structures and cell makeup help explain how they are used. Softwoods come from cone-bearing trees with needle-like leaves. Hardwoods usually come from trees that shed broad leaves seasonally. Softwoods are made mostly of long cells called tracheids and a smaller number of rays, which are radial cells. This simpler structure gives softwoods a rougher grain. Because of this, they are often used in construction for...

lumber

Lumber Cutting Methods

Lumber is made from logs that are harvested, debarked, and processed into long pieces with a rectangular cross-section. The process starts when an automated saw slices a log into slabs. Those slabs then move on a conveyor belt to smaller saws, where they are cut into square-edged pieces of specific widths. Freshly cut lumber usually has rough surfaces. Its dimensions may also vary slightly from one end to the other. The way wood is cut affects both the lumber’s appearance and how it is used. <br...

structural properties and dimensions of lumber

structural-properties-and-dimensions-of-lumber

Wood Strength Tests and Lumber Sizes

Wood strength depends on how its fibers are aligned along the length of the tree. This alignment gives wood much greater tensile strength along the grain than across it, sometimes up to twenty times higher. Wood also tends to perform better under compression than under tension. Fiber length varies by wood type. Hardwoods have fibers about one twenty-fifth of an inch long. Softwoods have longer fibers that range from one-eighth to one-third of an inch. Laboratory tests help measure how wood...

seasoning of wood

Wood Drying for Stronger Construction

Seasoning of wood is the drying process used to lower and stabilize moisture content before wood is used in construction. Fresh wood can swell when it takes in moisture and contract as it dries. Seasoning helps reduce that movement so the wood stays more stable after it is built into a structure. The main goal is to reach equilibrium moisture content. This is the point where the wood’s moisture level matches the moisture in the surrounding environment. When wood is seasoned properly, it is...

wood surfacing

Wood surfacing smooths lumber, improves its size accuracy, and makes it safer to handle. It is a key finishing step in woodworking and construction. The process also helps correct small distortions that can form as wood dries. Before surfacing, the wood may be sized slightly larger to account for shrinkage during seasoning, which is the drying stage. A plane, a tool with rotating blades, is used to remove material and smooth the surface. The same tool can also round the edges a little, which...

lumber defects

Common Wood Flaws in Lumber

Lumber defects are flaws in wood that can change both its appearance and its strength. These defects come from tree growth and from the way lumber is processed. Knowing the main defects helps explain why some boards are better for construction and manufacturing than others. Some defects begin in the tree itself. Knots form where branches were once attached to the trunk, and knotholes appear when those knots fall out. Decay and insect damage are also natural defects that can weaken wood and...

wood fasteners

Wood Fastener Types and Uses

Wood fasteners connect parts of a wood structure and help keep members in place. The strength of the connection depends mainly on direct bearing between the wood members. Different fasteners are chosen for different jobs and structural needs. Nails are the most common wood fasteners. They are sharp-pointed metal pins that are driven into wood with a hammer or a mechanical nail gun. Nails come in many diameters, head styles, and lengths. Nailing methods also matter. Face nailing places the...

veneer

How Veneer Is Cut and Used

Veneer is a thin sheet of wood that is usually about one-eighth of an inch thick or less. It is made to show the look of wood while using timber more efficiently. Veneer is common in furniture and other finished wood products. One common way to make veneer is rotary cutting. In this method, a log is mounted in a large lathe and spun against a knife edge. As the knife moves deeper into the turning log, it peels off a continuous strip of wood. This creates rotary-cut veneer. Other veneer...

wood products

Engineered Wood Products in Construction

Engineered wood products are made from wood strands, veneers, lumber, and even waste wood shreds. They are used in both structural and nonstructural building applications. These materials are designed to improve strength, durability, and versatility in modern construction. Glue-laminated wood, or glulam, is made by bonding several smaller pieces of dimensional lumber with adhesive. Cross-laminated timber uses solid lumber panels with layers placed so the grain direction alternates. This layer...

wood panel products

Types of Wood Panels in Construction

Wood panels are common construction materials used for flooring, siding, and roofing. They usually come in standard 4-foot by 8-foot sheets. Their thickness can range from one-quarter of an inch to one and one-eighth inches. Plywood is one of the most familiar wood panels. It is made by gluing thin wood veneers, or layers, under pressure. The outer veneer grain runs lengthwise, while the inner layers run widthwise. Plywood also has an odd number of layers, which helps keep the panel...

key terms and concepts

Learn how wood surfacing improves lumber size, smoothness, and safety using planes, four-side or two-side surfacing, and sanding with the grain.

Wood Surfacing for Smooth, Safe Lumber | JoVE K12

JoVE Core Civil Engineering provides a foundational exploration of essential construction materials in civil engineering, focusing on bricks, stones, steel, wood, and concrete through easy-to-understand animated videos. This collection covers the properties, manufacturing processes, and practical applications of these materials. Additionally, the accompanied science-in-action videos demonstrate the research experiments performed in laboratories.

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Wood Surfacing for Smooth, Safe Lumber

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