Arcane woodworking terminology, help!

Re: Arcane woodworking terminology, help!

Tim Caley - North Little Rock

>From dictionary.com:

The sharp edge or ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an angle, as in a molding.

Arris

Jorge Castaneda

>Roy,

Arris is a valid word, Webster's Seventh Collegiate gives the same definition Tim already gave you.

Rabbet

Jorge Castaneda

>While arris is the protuding sharp corner formed by two meeting planes, in bostbuilding the opposite situation, the sharp corner formed by two receding planes is called a rabbet

Not arcane

Andrew F in Australia

>We still use it every couple of days.

Arris = the sharp corner as outlined previously.

When you arris the board you knock the sharp edge off with a bit of 120# or 180# paper.

I suppose with semantics it should be: "remove the arris", but ce'st la vie.

Cheers,

Andrew

'Arcane' and more

CONGER - The Irish diaspora in Munich

>Roy,

ARRIS - noun - sharp edge on stone or metal etc. at the meeting of two surfaces - from the french 'arete' - an edge... from Chambers ED.

Now... I am interested in your usage of the word 'arcane'. This adj. means 'secret, mysterious'; from arcanum - a secret.

Is this what you meant?

-g-

Also. . .

Tony Sade (Charleston, WV)

>"Known or understood by only a few: arcane economic theories."

Re: Arcane woodworking terminology, help!

Sgian Dubh

>Roy, I'd guess the author might have been British. Removing or knocking off the arris is a common term here in the UK, and means as Andrew describes.

We sometimes even knock off the arris to create a pencil round, ha, ha. Slainte.

What's the deal?

Roy from Cincy

>O.K. now I'm up to date on arris. What's deal? I have another old book that refers to making things out of deal. From the context I infer that deal means some sort of generic softwood. What's the deal?

Re: What's the deal?

Tim Caley - North Little Rock

>From the book Planecraft by C.W. Hampton:

"A slice sawn from a log of timber, 9 in. wide not more than 3 in. thick, and at least 6 ft. long. If shorter it is a deal end: if not more than 7 in. wide it is a batten.

The term deal is used of fir and pine wood loosely. White deal is the wood of the Norway Spruce, Red Deal that of the Scotch Pine, Yellow deal that of the yellow pine; but much depends on local custom, red and yellow deal often being the same wood, Pinus sylvestris. A deal frame is a gang saw used for cutting deals."

What is 'deal'?

CONGER - The Irish diaspora in Munich

>Roy,

The formal 'definition' of 'deal' is "a fir or pine board of standard size".

When I was a child, the term 'deal' was used as a generic descriptor for inferior(?) soft wood. The aspect 'standard size' was not implied.

-g-

Deal

Jorge Castaneda

>IIRC,

Deal is thick sofwood planks, at least 9 inches wide and 3, 4, or 5" thick. It was milled that way to make it stack well on deck and minimize the chances of the load shifting in the days of sailing ships.

Jorge