arbeiten
English translation: settles/works
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| 00:34 Nov 3, 2007 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber / Holz | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: David Hollywood Local time: 05:53 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1| arbeiten (Holz) settles/works Explanation: What is settling? Settling is comprised of two factors – shrinkage and compression. For simplicity sake I will say each comprises of about 50% to make up settling. This varies slightly between species of trees. Shrinkage, the loss of dimension in a radial direction and also by circumference is the challenge for log joinery. Compression caused by loads bearing weight down onto a given log and its joinery can be of great benefit to keeping joinery tight. We’ll start with the most basic notch, the round notch. As those German woodworkers used to say, "Holz arbeitet," meaning, "wood works," by which they mean that wood is constantly shrinking and expanding and ... thbecker.net/guitar_playing/guitars_and_setup/setup_page_06.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2007-11-03 00:47:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or maybe: transforms ..... As wood transforms during the drying process, straight grain wood doesn't twist as much as spiral grain does. If we apply joinery before wood is dried, ... www.daizen.com/seasoning.php - 13k - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 mins (2007-11-03 00:52:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think "transforms" is the idea here ... |
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