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WEB-EXCLUSIVE: Woodspeak -- A Basic Woodworking Glossary Don't know a mortise from a tenon? Here are 30 basic woodworking terms to get you off on the right foot.

Coffee table with inlaid veneer, created by David Marks on DIY's Wood Works, episode 212

Before you can walk the walk in woodworking, you've gotta be able to talk the talk. Don't know a mortise from a tenon or a jig from a fixture? Here are 30 basic woodworking terms to get you off on the right foot--and photos from DIY programs that depict the terms listed.

Not just an ordinary glossary, this one is interactive, containing links that will direct you to some of DIY's online woodworking articles in which the terms appear. The episode and program-guide links connect you with a range of projects that will provide you with inspiration to get started creating beauty out of wood.

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	Bevel gauge
	A wooden biscuit is gluied into slots to creat biscuit joints.

Woodspeak: A Glossary of 30 Basic Terms to Make You a Better Woodworker

Bevel -- The angled cut through a piece of wood. In fine woodworking, beveled edges or ends are often used to give a softened or more decorative appearance to elements in a piece of furniture. Measured and marked with a bevel gauge.
As seen in: Wood Works, episode 604, Wall-Mounted Magazine Rack

Butt joint -- An easy -- but often weak -- technique for joining two boards together simply by gluing and pressing two flat surfaces together. Often made by gluing an end to an adjoining flat surface.

	The biscuit joiner is used to cut biscuit slots.

Biscuit -- A small, flat lozenge-shaped dowel for edge or corner-jointing. The wood biscuits are fitted into slots that are created /with a biscuit jointer.
As seen in: DIY Woodworking, episode 103, Arts and Crafts Bookcase

Biscuit joint -- A butt joint that is reinforced with football- or lozenge-shaped wooden "biscuits." The biscuits are usually made from compressed wood -- frequently birch. When the biscuit comes into contact with glue in the biscuit slot, it swells creating a tighter joint. (Sometimes called a plate joint.)
As seen in: DIY Woodworking, episode 103, Arts and Crafts Bookcase and in
DIY Woodworking, episode 101

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