Woodworking/Carpentry

• A saw with teeth on both sides is called a crosscut saw
• Carpentry is defined as being the trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings and other structures
• Woodworking is defined as the crafts of carpentry; related skills of making things from wood
• Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECS) - it refers to the key characteristics that a successful entrepreneur should have in order to be successful
• Plane - use for removing rough surfaces on wood and for reducing it to size
• Caliper - used for measuring diameter
• Zig Zag Rule - a folded measuring tool
• Divider - used for dividing distances
• The two type of measuring system - English(standard)and Metric(decimal)
• English - inch, yard, foot
• Metric - meter, decimeter, centimeter, millimeter, kilometer
• Hazard - a potential source of harm
• Risk - risk is the possibility of something bad happening