The concept of woodworking was born many years ago, it is very versatile and consists of many different processes taking place in woodworking enterprises. Woodworking – modification of wood, its configuration, appearance, without changing the composition of the substance, usually performed by hand or mechanized method. In the vast majority of cases, woodworking equipment destroys wood fibers. Thus, during such types of wood mechanical processing as sawing, planing and milling, the fiber formula is broken, while during pressing and bending it remains unchanged.
At the same time the direction of woodworking processes is very different, with a general similarity, they are quite distant from each other. For example, the processing of wood includes both the final sanding of rounded logs, and sawing logs into boards, although the processes are completely different. Woodworking companies also use drilling and cutting knots on the workpiece, chiseling, and scraping. The number of different types of woodworking is very large, the production of woodworking machines is developed and extensive. Therefore, it is worth paying special attention to the basics of this process, so important for the normal course of life and activities of modern man.
The main methods of woodworking include chiseling, drilling, grinding, sawing, scraping, hewing, planing, gluing. The fruit of the primary woodworking process is various lumber, which is made with the help of woodworking machines universal and specialized. The key types of lumber include boards, planks, timbers and slats.
Special equipment is used for each type of lumber, so the industrial production of primary-processed blanks requires significant space to set up all the equipment.
Even during the primary treatment process, the wood may be treated with various chemical compositions to improve its initial properties. Usually softwoods are treated – as a result, the wood becomes stronger and receives additional protection from external factors of destruction (sun, moisture). This process also belongs to the basics of woodworking.