concepts in woodworking. If one didn’t have the ability to joint two pieces of wood together in a solid fashion‚ all woodworking pieces would be sculptures‚ carved out of a single piece of wood. However‚ with the many varied types of wood joinery‚ a woodworker has a number of different joints in his arsenal from which to choose‚ based upon the project. If you master these wood joinery concepts‚ you’ll be well on your way to becoming a very accomplished woodworker. 1. Basic Butt Joint (c) 2009 Chris
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Wood joints There are many wood joints available to make‚ joints are used to build strength into products. The joints below are the joints that are commonly used in schools. Note only glue is used to join these joints together. 1. Butt joint A very simple joint but it is also very weak. They tend to be used for making picture frames‚ corner pieces and nails are often used to strengthen the joint. 2. Mitre joint Finger joints More about finger joints from the technology student website. View
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Cross-halving joint Olly Starling Collect 2 pieces of wood‚ soft would be the best‚ both of equal sizes. Divide each piece of wood into 3 accurate segments using an accurate ruler‚ use a pencil to draw the face side and face edge. Next use a tri-square to mark the half way mark on the side edge of both pieces of the soft wood. Use a Stanley knife to make a deep cut on the two pencil marks on the face sides of the two pieces of wood making sure to use a ruler to guide the knife - we do this
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Where two bones meet or link‚ it is called a joint or an articulation. Joints can be classified according to their structure and by the types of movement they allow. The body has more than 300 different joints. In the body there are three types of joints... Moveable/Synovial joints – Moveable joints allow for maximum movement. Moveable or synovial joints are normally found in the limbs‚ as we use these parts more than anything. Ligaments help to provide the stability of the bones‚ also the muscles
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The Shoulder Joint The glenohumeral joint‚ or as it is more commonly referred to the shoulder joint ‚ is one of the most flexible and unstable joints in the body. As a ball and socket joint the shoulder allows circular motion and hinge movement. The rounded head or ‘ball’ of the humerus rests in the shallow dish shaped cavity or ‘socket’ created by the glenoid fossa of the scapula. This allows for a wide range of motion around several axes. There are two main bones that make up the shoulder
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A joint is defined as a fracture in a rock between the sides of which there is no observable relative movement. They are present is most consolidated rocks of igneous‚ metamorphic and sedimentary origin. Joints may form as a result of either diastrophism or contraction. Description: (i) A series of parallel joints is called a ’joint set’. (ii) Two or more joint sets intersecting each other produce a ’joint system’. (iii) Two sets of joints nearly at right angles to one another‚ produced by the
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11 Things I Wish I knew About Woodworking When I First Started Woodworking is a rewarding and satisfying hobby that so many of us enjoy. As with any trade or skill‚ I have discovered many tips and tricks throughout the years that have greatly improved my abilities. The following list is eleven of the most useful things I have learned about woodworking. By becoming familiar with each one‚ you will save yourself many headaches. 1. Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for Advice Fellow woodworkers love to share
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Pivot joint: A rounded portion of a bone is enclosed within a ring formed partially by the articulation with another bone and partially by a ligament . The bone rotates within this ring. Since the rotation is around a single axis‚ pivot joints are functionally classified as a uniaxial diarthrosis type of joint. An example of a pivot joint is the atlantoaxial joint‚ found between the C1 (atlas) and C2 (axis) vertebrae. Here‚ the upward projecting dens of the axis articulates with the inner aspect
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SYNOVIAL JOINTS Torie Shultz‚ Noelle Henniger‚ Chris Scanlon Synovial Joint Freely moveable (diarthroic) Most complex Consists of: Articular cartilage Joint capsule Synovial membrane which secrets synovial fluid Ligaments Bursae Menisci Articular Cartilage Hyaline cartilage covers the bones surface is known as articular cartilage Resists wear and minimizes friction Subchondral plate- bone beneath articular cartilage that contains elastic cancellous bone Absorbs shock‚ protects from stress by
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Kinesiology Introduction: The word comes from the Greek words kinesis (movement) and kinein (to move). Kinesiology‚ also known as human kinetics‚ is the scientific study of human movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological‚ mechanical‚ and psychological mechanisms. Applications of kinesiology to human health include: biomechanics and orthopedics‚ strength & conditioning‚ sport psychology‚ rehabilitation‚ such as physical and occupational therapy‚ as well as sport and exercise. Kinesiology is
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