Title: Perform wood-combining methods.
Course: Materials and Processes Technology (13052-36) > Section: Working with Wood

Performance should include

- determining the proper adhesive for bonding selected wood joints, based on their properties
- applying adhesive to bond wood joints
- preparing wood joints for mechanical fasteners
- combining wood parts with mechanical fasteners
- following safety procedures for using tools and machines designed to combine wood.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are common wood adhesives?
- What are methods of combining woods without adhesives?
- What is laminating?
- Why would laminations be used in industrial settings?
- How would lamination be done in a small shop? Why would laminations be created on a job site?
- What factors influence the selection of a combining method?
- What systems are used to size nails, wood screws, brads, and other mechanical fasteners?