Όσο και αν λατρεύουμε το digital fabrication, η χειρωνακτική δεξιοτεχνία είναι η πηγή της δημιουργίας.Είναι σημαντικό να κατανοήσουμε τα κρίσιμα στοιχεία της ξυλουργικής, αν θέλουμε φανταστικά αποτελέσματα.

Drill

Corded drills have more power but are tethered by the cord and may lack some of the features that cordless drills have, like torque control.

Circular Saw

A circular saw is a power-saw using a toothed or abrasive disc or blade to cut different materials using a rotary motion spinning around an arbor.

Hand Router

A router is a hand tool or power tool that a worker uses to rout (hollow out) an area in relatively hard material like wood or plastic. Routers are mainly used in woodworking, especially cabinetry. Routers are typically handheld or fastened cutting end-up in a router table.

Jigsaw

Jigsaws are great for curved cuts that have a tight radius. There’s interchangeable blades that can be used for fine cuts or faster coarse cuts, and different lengths of blades. Your jigsaw will have a adjustable base that lets the angle of the cut be set – a standard feature.

Orbital Sander

An orbital sander has an adhesive base that sanding pads can be easily and quickly interchanged. Look for a sander that has a variable speed which will allow you to refine your sanding and can provide less fatigue, and pick up a few extra sanding pads of different grits.

Mitre saw

A miter saw is a saw used to make accurate crosscuts and miters in a workpiece by pulling a large backsaw or a mounted circular saw blade down onto a board in a quick motion.

Power planer

Handheld planers are designed to smooth the surface of wood. The manual handheld planer is good for smaller projects, but for larger ones, a power planer does the job in a lot less time.

Scroll saw

A scroll saw is a small electric saw used to cut intricate curves in wood, metal, or other materials. The fineness of its blade allows it to cut more delicately than a power jigsaw, and more easily than a hand coping saw or fretsaw. Like those tools, it is capable of creating curves with edges, by pivoting its table.

Surface planer

A thickness planer is a woodworking machine to trim boards to a consistent thickness throughout their length and flat on both surfaces.