Woodworking - wikipedia Woodworking `` Wood shop '' redirects here. For the film, see Woodshop ( film ). Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. Woodworking is the activity or skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making ( Cabinetry and Furniture ), wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning. Contents 1 History 1.1 Ancient Egypt 1.2 Ancient Rome 1.3 Ancient China 2 Modern day 3 Materials 4 Notable woodworkers 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 7.1 Further reading 8 External links History Ancient Egyptian woodworking Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by early humans. Microwear analysis of the Mousterian stone tools used by the Neanderthals show that many were used to work wood. The development of civilization was closely tied to the development of increasingly greater degrees of skill in working these materials. Woodworking shop in Germany in 1568, the worker in front is using a bow saw, the one in the background is planing. Among early finds of wooden tools are the worked sticks from Kalambo Falls, Clacton - on - Sea and Lehringen. The spears from Schöningen ( Germany ) provide some of the first examples of wooden hunting gear. Flint tools were used for carving. Since Neolithic times, carved wooden vessels are known, for example, from the Linear Pottery culture wells at Kückhofen and Eythra. Examples of Bronze Age wood - carving include tree trunks worked into coffins from northern Germany and Denmark and wooden folding - chairs. The site of Fellbach - Schmieden in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the Iron Age. Wooden idols from the La Tène period are known from a sanctuary at the source of the Seine in France. Ancient Egypt There is significant evidence of advanced woodworking in ancient Egypt. Woodworking is depicted in many extant ancient Egyptian drawings, and a considerable amount of ancient Egyptian furniture ( such as stools, chairs, tables, beds, chests ) has been preserved. Tombs represent a large collection of these artefacts and the inner coffins found in the tombs were also made of wood. The metal used by the Egyptians for woodworking tools was originally copper and eventually, after 2000 BC bronze as ironworking was unknown until much later. Commonly used woodworking tools included axes, adzes, chisels, pull saws, and bow drills. Mortise and tenon joints are attested from the earliest Predynastic period. These joints were strengthened using pegs, dowels and leather or cord lashings. Animal glue came to be used only in the New Kingdom period. Ancient Egyptians invented the art of veneering and used varnishes for finishing, though the composition of these varnishes is unknown. Although different native acacias were used, as was the wood from the local sycamore and tamarisk trees, deforestation in the Nile valley resulted in the need for the importation of wood, notably cedar, but also Aleppo pine, boxwood and oak, starting from the Second Dynasty. Ancient rome Woodworking was essential to the Romans. It provided, sometimes the only, material for buildings, transportation, tools, and household items. Wood also provided pipes, dye, waterproofing materials, and energy for heat. Although most examples of Roman woodworking have been lost, the literary record preserved much of the contemporary knowledge. Vitruvius dedicates an entire chapter of his De architectura to timber, preserving many details. Pliny, while not a botanist, dedicated six books of his Natural History to trees and woody plants, providing a wealth of information on trees and their uses. Ancient China The progenitors of Chinese woodworking are considered to be Lu Ban ( 魯班 ) and his wife Lady Yun, from the Spring and Autumn period ( 771 to 476 BC ). Lu Ban is said to have introduced the plane, chalk - line, and other tools to China. His teachings were supposedly left behind in the book Lu Ban Jing ( 魯班 經, `` Manuscript of Lu Ban '' ). Despite this, it is believed that the text was written some 1500 years after his death. This book is filled largely with descriptions of dimensions for use in building various items such as flower pots, tables, altars, etc., and also contains extensive instructions concerning Feng Shui. It mentions almost nothing of the intricate glue-less and nail-less joinery for which Chinese furniture was so famous. Damascene woodworkers turning wood for mashrabia and hookass, 19th century. Micronesian of Tobi, Palau, making a paddle for his wa with an adze. Modern day With the advances in modern technology and the demands of industry, woodwork as a field has changed. The development of Computer Numeric Controlled ( CNC ) Machines, for example, has made us able to mass - produce and reproduce products faster, with less waste, and often more complex in design than ever before. CNC Routers can carve complicated and highly detailed shapes into flat stock, to create signs or art. Rechargeable power tools speed up creation of many projects and require much less body strength than in the past, for example when boring multiple holes. Skilled fine woodworking, however, remains a craft pursued by many. There remains demand for hand crafted work such as furniture and arts, however with rate and cost of production, the cost for consumers is much higher. Materials Historically, woodworkers relied upon the woods native to their region, until transportation and trade innovations made more exotic woods available to the craftsman. Woods are typically sorted into three basic types : hardwoods typified by tight grain and derived from broadleaf trees, softwoods from coniferous trees, and man - made materials such as plywood and MDF. Typically furniture such as tables and chairs is made using solid stock, and cabinet / fixture makers employ the use of plywood and other man made panel products. Notable woodworkers See also : List of furniture designers Alvar Aalto Norm Abram John Boson Frank E. Cummings III Henning Engelsen Wharton Esherick Tage Frid Alexander Grabovetskiy Greta Hopkinson James Krenov Mark Lindquist Sal Maccarone Thomas J. MacDonald John Makepeace Sam Maloof David J. Marks George Nakashima Jere Osgood Alan Peters Matthias Pliessnig André Jacob Roubo Paul Sellers Evert Sodergren Henry O. Studley Roy Underhill Frank Klausz See also Boat building Cabinet making Carpentry Ébéniste Fire hardening Glossary of woodworking terms History of construction History of wood carving Intarsia Japanese carpentry Lath art Luthier Millwork Marionette Marquetry Saw pit Segmented turning Sloyd, a system of handicraft - based education Stave church Studio Furniture Tack cloth Timber framing Turning Wood carving Wood glue Wood Inlay Woodturning Woodworking workbench Notes Jump up ^ Killen, Geoffrey ( 1994 ). Egyptian Woodworking and Furniture. Shire Publications. ISBN 0747802394. Jump up ^ Leospo, Enrichetta ( 2001 ), `` Woodworking in Ancient Egypt '', The Art of Woodworking, Turin : Museo Egizio, p. 20 Jump up ^ Leospo, pp. 20 - 21 Jump up ^ Leospo, pp. 17 - 19 ^ Jump up to : Ulrich, Roger B. ( 2008 ). Roman Woodworking. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300134605. OCLC 192003268. Jump up ^ Vitruvius. De architectura. 1 : 2.9. 1. Jump up ^ Pliny. Natural History. References Feirer, John L. ( 1988 ). Cabinetmaking and Millwork. Mission Hills California : Glencoe Publishing. ISBN 0 - 02 - 675950 - 0. Frid, Tage ( 1979 ). Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking. Newton, Connecticut : Taunton Press. ISBN 0 - 918804 - 03 - 5. Joyce, Edward ( 1987 ). Encyclopedia of Furniture Making. revised and expanded by Alan Peters. New York : Sterling Publishing Co. ISBN 0 - 8069 - 6440 - 5. Roubo, André Jacob ( 1769 -- 1784 ). The Art of the Joiner. Paris : French Academy of Sciences. Further reading Naylor, Andrew. A review of wood machining literature with a special focus on sawing. BioRes, April 2013 External links Video about the Zafimaniry peoples in Madagascar. Videos about woodworking published by Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film. Available in the AV - Portal of the German National Library of Science and Technology. Woodworking Overviews History Glossary Wood ( lumber ) Forms Boat building Bow and arrow Bush carpentry Cabinetry Caning Carpentry Certosina Chainsaw carving Chip carving Clogs Ébéniste Fretwork Intarsia Japanese carpentry Khatam Log building Marquetry Millwork Parquetry Pyrography Relief carving Root carving Sawdust Segmented turning Shingle weaving Shipbuilding Spindle turning Timber framing Whittling Wood carving Woodturning Wood flour Woods Soft Cedar ( Calocedrus, Cedrus ) Cypress Douglas fir Fir Juniper Larch Pine Spruce Yew Hard Ash Alder Aspen Balsa Beech Birch Cherry Chestnut Cocobolo Ebony Elm Hazel Lignum vitae Linden ( lime, basswood ) Mahogany Maple Oak Padauk Plum Poplar Teak Totara Walnut Willow Tools Abrasives Axe Adze Chisel Clamp Drawknife Drill Float Mallet Milling machine Mitre box Moulding plane Plane Rasp Router Sandpaper Spokeshave Timber - framing Vise Winding sticks Wood scribe Workbench Saws Backsaw Bandsaw Bow Bucksaw Chainsaw Circular Compass Coping Crosscut Frame Fretsaw Jigsaw Keyhole Miter Rip Scroll Table Veneer Whipsaw Geometry Joints Birdsmouth Bridle Butt Butterfly Coping Crown of thorns Dado Dovetail Finger Groove Halved Hammer - headed tenon Knee Lap Mason 's mitre Miter Mortise and tenon Rabbet / Rebate Scarf Splice Tongue and groove Profiles Bead Bevel Chamfer Molding Ogee Ogive Treatments French polish Heat bending Paint Paint stripper Steam bending Thermal Varnish Wood drying Wood preservation Wood stain Wood finishing Organizations American Association of Woodturners Architectural Woodwork Institute British Woodworking Federation Building and Wood Workers ' International Caricature Carvers of America International Federation of Building and Wood Workers National Wood Carvers Association Society of Wood Engravers Timber Framers Guild Conversion Chainsaw mill Hewing Sawmill Whipsaw Wood splitting Techniques Frame and panel Frameless construction Category WikiProject Commons Forestry Outline Index Forest areas Ministries Research institutes Colleges Journals Arbor Day Types Agroforestry dehesa Analog forestry Bamboo forestry Close to nature forestry Community forestry Ecoforestry Energy forestry Mycoforestry Permaforestry Plantation forestry Social forestry Sustainable forestry Urban forestry Ecology and management Arboriculture Controlled burn Dendrology Ecological thinning Even - aged management Fire ecology Forest informatics IPM inventory governance law old - growth pathology protection restoration secondary transition Forest certification ATFS CFS FSC PEFC SFI SmartWood Woodland Carbon Code Forestation afforestation reforestation Growth and yield modelling Horticulture GM trees i - Tree urban Silviculture Sustainable management Tree allometry breeding Tree measurement crown girth height volume Environmental topics Acid rain Carbon sequestration Clearcutting Deforestation Ecological services Forest dieback Forest fragmentation High grading Illegal logging Invasive species REDD Shifting cultivation chitemene slash - and - burn slash - and - char svedjebruk Timber recycling Wildfire Wilding Industries Coppicing Forest farming Forest gardening Logging Manufacturing lumber plywood pulp and paper sawmilling Products biochar biomass charcoal non-timber palm oil rayon rubber tanbark Rail transport Tree farm Christmas trees Wood engineered fuel mahogany teak Woodworking Occupations Forester Arborist Bucker Choker setter Ecologist Feller Firefighter handcrew hotshot lookout smokejumper River driver Truck driver Log scaler Lumberjack Ranger Resin tapper Rubber tapper Shingle weaver Timber cruiser Tree planter Wood process engineer Portal Category NDL : 00567777 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodworking&oldid=808685640 '' Categories : Woodworking Crafts Industrial processes Manufacturing Wood Occupations Talk Contents About Wikipedia Tools বাংলা Български Čeština Dansk Deutsch Eesti Esperanto Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia עברית Қазақша Nederlands 日本 語 Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Polski Português Русский Simple English سنڌي Basa Sunda Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська اردو 粵語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 4 November 2017, at 13 : 39. 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Question: different specialization in the field of wood working
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