Wrecklish - A Guide For The Non-Native Speaker

Tom Watson · 2005-01-01T00:59:43+00:00

Wrecklish - A Guide For The Non-Native Speaker"Planner", "Planar", "Planer" - All of these refer to a machine thatis used to thickness and surface lumber. They may be usedinterchangeably but the local preference is for "Planner". Some wouldinsist that a good "Planner" would make his infeed and outfeed"Planar" with the bed of the "Planer" but these sorts don't last longaround here."Jointer", "Joiner" - Also terms that can be swapped indiscriminatelywithout fear of reprisal. To those who would say that a "Joiner" canuse a "Jointer" but that most "Jointers" lack the intellect to use a"Joiner" properly, most Wreckers would merely say, "Feh!"."Mantel", "Mantle" - This one is obviously a fielder's choice althoughthe origin is cloaked in mystery. It is said by some that a "Joiner"may wear a "Mantle" whilst building a "Mantel", while one who wouldwear a "Mantel" might have a Christ Complex, or at least beuncomfortable at parties. Ancient references suggest that MickeyMantle, while capable of building a Mickey Mantel, could not constructa Mickey Mantle, at least out of wood. Then again?"Advice", "Advise", "Vice", "Vise" - Certainly all victims of the sameroot structure, these are properly used as follows: "I went to theWreck to solicit "Advise" about the proper selection of a "Vice" andhaving been "Adviced" by the cognoscenti, I avoided the "Vise" ofmisapplication." Sparkling in its clarity, that."Board Foot", "Bored Foot" - Whilst one is a unit of measure equal to144 cubic inches, the other is what happens to a pedestrial appendagethat is used as a hold down on the drill press. Which is which is amatter of hot debate."Tenon", "Tendon" - While it is entirely proper to say "He severed his"Tendon" while cutting his "Tenon", it is also perfectly fine to say"He severed his "Tenon" while cutting his "Tendon". Don't worry aboutthis one it hardly ever comes up."SawStop" - A device which has been proven to make safe the cutting ofhotdogs on the tablesaw. The Hotdog,...

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Glenna Rose 21 years ago

rebate (rabbet) A groove or recess cut into the edge of a board to receive the edge of another piece.

Source: Construction Dictionary, 2nd printing 1979, published by Greater Phoenix, Arizona Chapter #98 of The National Association of Women in Construction. (P.O. Box 6142, Phoenix, Arizona 85505), Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 78-54448

Comments: This dictionary started out as spiral bound book for the female office staff to have terms used in construction clearly defined and built up to be a dictionary in demand all over the country. I purchased mine (628 pages) in 1980 and have not updated it, but more has been added to it through the years in subsequent editions. It's amazing what is in it, things not found in any other dictionary, truly a work of those who work in the field. In addition to definitions, etc., it has measurement references and various construction-related sketches.

Webster's ain't agonna have "Lu-Re-Co," "lump hammer," "plate bearing test," or "Rosie O'Moore" (slang for a door). Neither will Webster's have "frick" which is a McDonald's term used in their construction contracts meaning to move one line item to another phase of the construction (like from drive up to lobby). Yup, the fast-food restaurant chain.

Glenna

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Norman D. Crow 21 years ago

So is "rabbet". I just thought we should get all the spellings, mis-spellings and mis-meanings included.(LOL)

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bridger 21 years ago

I was introduced to the term rebate (alt spelling of rabbet) sometime in the early eighties....

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Larry Levinson 21 years ago

snip: SWMBO: She Who Must Be Obeyed. The person responsible for assigning project work and approving expeditures for tools to complete same.

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Dave Balderstone 21 years ago

According to Delta's sticker, I have a TP300 Planner, not a TP300 Planer as I thought. Never noticed before.

I can take a pic and post it if anyone needs proof.

;-)

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Larry Jaques 21 years ago

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 09:24:29 -0700, snipped-for-privacy@all.costs calmly ranted:

It's dem Brits what done it. 'Tis a Pommy term.

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makesawdust 21 years ago

Here's another one:

Snipe (noun) - The illusive bird we chased deep in the woods at nigh with paper bags in our youth, (commonly referred to as "snipe hunting" that, as adults, we commonly find perched on the edge of freshly plane boards

-- makesawdust

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