What Is Woodworking Machinery?
Woodworking machinery is literally a machine for processing wood. They are used to process wood into the required shape and size for furniture, building materials, and other components.
Machines are classified according to processing methods, and the main types include cutting machines, polishing machines, drilling machines, and presses.
There are stationary machines used in factories, etc. and hand-held electric tools, but this explanation is limited to the former.
Uses of Woodworking Machinery
Typical applications for woodworking machinery include parts of wooden buildings, wooden furniture, tableware, and toys.
When cutting long materials to the required length, circular sawing machines, panel saws, and band saws are used for the cutting process.
After cutting, the surface is shaped using a grooving machine or planer. Then, holes are drilled with a hole-punching machine, the surface is finished with a planning machine, and engraving or marking is done with a router or laser-cutting machine.
Features of Woodworking Machinery
Woodworking machinery is optimized for processing wood.
Compared to metalworking, a higher feed rate is used due to the smaller processing load. This lighter load allows simultaneous machining of multiple surfaces, and some machines can easily achieve right angles and parallel surfaces.
As is common with all woodworking machinery, the large amount of cutting allowance generates a large number of wood chips, so a dust collector that can collect a large volume of wood chips is often used in combination with a dust collector.
Since the work material is wood, it is necessary to select a machine that takes the characteristics of the wood into consideration. For example, there is a big difference in the surface finish between shaving with a rotary blade like a router and with a single blade like a planer. The surface of a machine shaved with a rotary blade will have fine fluff, whereas the surface of a plane blade will be shiny and smooth.
Generally, if the surface to be processed is to be used as a product, finishing is done with a planning machine.