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Truing up: cutting to length

Wood Technology · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Step 5 of truing up - marking and sawing the ends square to bring the piece to the exact length.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. What wood preparation is and why it matters
  2. Tools and equipment for wood preparation
  3. Truing up the stock: the sequence
  4. Truing up: the face side
  5. Truing up: the face edge
  6. Truing up: gauging and planing to width
  7. Truing up: gauging and planing to thickness
  8. Truing up: cutting to length
  9. Truing up: the whole sequence in practice
  10. Operations on prepared wood: overview
  11. Chamfering
  12. Bevelling
  13. Rebating
  14. Grooving
  15. Housing
  16. Mitring
  17. Boring and other operations
  18. The importance of accurate wood preparation