What does THAT mean?

I can’t think of anything today, Todd already taught me how to spell “lacquer”.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

please define / differentiate:

apron

stretcher

afaict, apron is solidly connected to an upper (ie, table top), and stretcher floats between 2 legs?

I have to admit I’m a little fuzzy on “a relieve”, and aren’t a plow (or plough depending on which side of the pond you are on) and a dado the same thing?

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Or is the plow/plough a groove, running with the grain, as opposed to a dado, which runs across the grain!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

OIC!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Is “japanning” just another word for paint?

-- Maplewood, MN

But a plow on the edge of the wood is a rebate or rabbit (depending on which side of the pond you live)

And isn’t a relief the end of a piece of trim? And relieve what you do to it?

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

I pulled down Ernest Joyce’s Encyclopedia of Furniture Making and was disappointed that there was no glossary.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

I think the japanning on planes is actually asphaltum. Japan colors are pigments in an oil varnish medium, a specific kind of paint.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I think you’re right, Doug.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Here’s a really interesting article on DIY japanning

-- Furniture Medic- the prescription for damaged furniture

And why is that chunk of iron inside a plane called a frog?

-- Furniture Medic- the prescription for damaged furniture

‘Cause it might jump right out at ya.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

I think an Englishman wanted to honor a Frenchman.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.