“Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.”

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

CARPENTRY MADE EASY : A Book For Aspiring Learners

Chapters:

• Introduction
  • Authors:
• Chapter 1: Introduction of Carpentry
  • Introduction of tools/equipment
  • The importance of tools/equipment in carpentry trade made of stones in stone age
  • Types of carpentry trades as per
  • What’s Next
• Chapter 2: Wood as Construction Materials
  • Temporary structure
  • Structural medium (Permanent structure)
  • Furniture Making
  • Tools handle making
  • Sport goods
  • Paper and cardboards
  • Plywood makings
  • Miscellaneous works
  • What’s Next?
• Chapter 3: Tree and its Growth
  • Importance of trees
  • Enemies of tree
  • Conservation of forest
  • Plantation of a tree
  • How a tree grows
  • Kinds of trees
  • Soft wood trees and its characteristics
  • Hard wood trees and its characteristics
  • Characteristics of a good timber
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 4: Methods conversion of Lumber (Log)
  • Definition and purpose
  • Methods of conversion
  • Cross-sections of a Trunk
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 5: Identifying and Enumerating and Hand and Power Tools
  • Different hand tools
  • Different types of power tools
  • The wood lathe machine
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 6: Timber Seasoning
  • Definition and purpose
  • Object of seasoning
  • Methods of seasoning
  • Moisture meter
  • Calculation of moisture content in timber in percentage
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 7: Timber defects
  • Definition and purpose
  • Shrinkage of wood
  • Defects caused by shrinkage
  • Defects caused by nature (Natural defects)
  • Defects caused by man made
  • Defects caused by diseases
  • Reasons of timber decaying
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 08: Insects and Wood borers
  • Definition and purpose
  • Identify termites or white ants
  • Removal of termites
  • Reason of termites develop in homes
  • Control termites and white ants/insects by providing proper ventilation (air circulation to home)
  • Periodical carefulness of termites in building
  • Preservation of wood
  • Hot and cold bath method
  • Pressure method
  • Defects caused by dampness
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 09: Wood Carving
  • Definition of carving
  • Process of carvings (Method)
  • Illustration of ancient carving of Tundal and Shutters
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 10: Painting on Wooden Surfaces
  • Definition of wood primer
  • Definition of wood varnishes/enamel and French polish
  • Identification of painting brushes/rollers
  • Safety precautions
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 11: Simple and Complicated Wood joints
  • Definition and purpose
  • Types of joints
  • Miscellaneous joints
  • Types of beam hangers
  • Use of gusset plates in framing of frame construction
  • Uses and application of:
  • What’s next?
• Chapter 12: Plywood
  • Definition
  • Types
  • Sanding
  • Properties of plywood
  • What’s next?

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