Compass (architecture)

A compass window

In carpentry, architecture, and shipbuilding, a compass is a curve (or bent) circular form. A compass plane is a plane that is convex, length-ways, on the underside, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. A compass saw is a narrow-bladed saw that cuts a curve. A compass timber is a curved (or crooked) timber. A compass brick is a curved brick. A compass wall is a curved wall. A compass window is a circular bay window (or oriel window).^[1]

A Surveyor's compass (or circumferentor) is a measuring instrument used in surveying horizontal angles.

References

↑ Sturgis, Russell. "Compass" Sturgis' illustrated dictionary of architecture and building: an unabridged reprint of the 1901-2 edition. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover, 1989. Print.

External sources

Justine Alford: What Could Have Caused Poland's Crooked Forest?, iflscience.com, July 1, 2014

Planes

Bedrock plane Block plane Chamfer plane Compass plane Finger plane Grooving plane Jack plane Japanese plane Jointer plane Moulding plane Razee plane Rebate plane Router plane Scrub plane Shoulder plane Smoothing plane Spokeshave Surform

Woodworking

Overviews

Forms

Woods

Soft	Cedar (Calocedrus, Cedrus) Cypress Douglas fir Fir Juniper Larch Pine Spruce Yew

Hard	Ash Alder Aspen Balsa Beech Birch Cherry Chestnut Ebony Elm Hazel Lignum vitae Linden (lime, basswood) Mahogany Maple Oak Padauk Plum Poplar Teak Totara Walnut Willow

Tools

Abrasives Axe Adze Chisel Clamp Drawknife Drill Float Mallet Milling machine Mitre box Moulding plane Plane Rasp Router Sandpaper Spokeshave Timber-framing Vise Winding sticks Wood scribe Workbench

Saws	Backsaw Bandsaw Bow Bucksaw Chainsaw Circular Compass Coping Crosscut Frame Fretsaw Jigsaw Keyhole Miter Rip Scroll Veneer Whipsaw

Geometry

Joints	Birdsmouth Bridle Butt Butterfly Coping Crown of thorns Dados Dovetail Finger Groove Halved Hammer-headed tenon Knee Lap Mason's mitre Miter Mortise and tenon Rabbet/Rebate Scarf Splice Tongue and groove

Profiles	Bead Bevel Chamfer Molding Ogee Ogive

Treatments

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Conversion

Techniques

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