FABRION / WOOD & FURNITURE REFERENCE
Academy
From understanding wood to furniture production: topic explanations, images and a joint library. Each chapter is one reading page; open a subject and return whenever you need it.
40 chapters · 654 explained topics · TR / EN / DE
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Joinery library
Glossary
- Grain direction
- The direction along wood fibres.
- Clear opening
- Usable distance between bounding surfaces.
- Tolerance
- Permitted dimensional variation between limits.
- Kerf
- Width of material removed by the cutting tool.
- Edge band
- Material covering an exposed panel edge.
- Overlay
- Amount a front covers a carcass edge.
- Datum face
- Selected surface used to locate measurements and operations.
- Dry fit
- Trial assembly before final bonding or fixing.
- Revision
- An identified version of a design.
- Curing
- Process by which adhesive or coating develops its final properties.
Reference library
Further reading on materials, production, workshop safety, ergonomics, historical examples and certification. Product-specific details follow the relevant manufacturer’s technical documentation.
USDA Forest Products Laboratory — Wood Handbook ↗HSE — Woodworking ↗HSE — Wood dust ↗V&A — Furniture collections ↗V&A — Arts and Crafts ↗V&A — Art Nouveau ↗V&A — Art Deco ↗The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Panel of Minbar ↗TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi — Kündekârî ↗FSC — Chain of Custody ↗PEFC — Chain of Custody ↗OSHA — Computer workstations: desks ↗Blum — MOVENTO assembly ↗V&A — Baroque ↗V&A — Rococo ↗The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Roman couch ↗