WoodWorker's Glossary
The purpose of this book started out as a way to inform beginning
woodworking students of the vocabulary generally used in the trade. I was
surprised and somewhat saddened to find that many of the new students did
not have a knowledge of some of the most common wood working terms and tools.
It turned out that there are several such works, and that a purely academic
approach would be boring for me as well as the reader.
We were all rescued from such an approach because one of my students came to me with a question. She had a board that was just a little to wide to fit into the dados of her project. Without a moments hesitation, I suggested to her that she shave a gnats ass off the width and it would fit perfectly. She waited for about half an hour before she came up to me, and asked, “ok I give up. How much is a gnats ass?” The inspiration for a definition was instantaneous. This is how ”Gnats Ass” was conceived. I created it that very night and presented it to her and the rest of the class the following week. Other ideas followed in rapid succession, and thus the “Glossary” was born.
All of my students have contributed in one way or another, knowingly or unknowingly to the “Glossary.” All of the definitions were created because of student questions, or by the blank look some of them had when asked to get a tool out of the tool room. It is not complete and continues to grow.
I would like to especially thank Flo Bishop, Kathleen Chylinski, Mitch Haimov and Michael Miller for their ideas and encouragement.Finally, gratitude to My wife Geraldine, whose continuing support has been unwavering and constant.
Howard Lewin
July, 1998
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The book is entitled "A WoodWorker's Glossary"
by Howard Lewin
It can be purchased for $5.00 plus shipping and handling.
