Woodworking phrases are humorous issues. For instance, while you inform a beginner {that a} groove run throughout the grain is known as a dado, they have a look at you as if you’re pulling their leg. (Do I take my dado on a snipe hunt?) Another factor that pursuits me are woodworking idioms which have labored their means into frequent speech. Why is “sprucing things up” a time period for making stuff look good? Others are extra comprehensible. A man who’s “on the level” is one that’s true. Going “against the grain” makes excellent sense to these of us who use hand planes often. But I believe we’re an exception within the normal inhabitants to understanding what occurs while you go towards actual grain.
So my query to you is that this: the place have you ever discovered that our jargon has moved into the frequent vernacular? Perhaps this dialog will splinter off painfully, however I’m trying ahead to it.
Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal
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