FIS { 50) 



See " Sawing, Radial and Tangential," and " Silver Grain." 

 See also " Figure in Mahogany." 



Filer. One who fits saws in a sawmill or other woodworking 

 plant. 



Fillet. A small moulding, generally rectangular in section, and 

 having the appearance of a narrow band. 



Filing Machine for Small Band Saws. A machine in which a file 

 is used for sharpening the teeth of small band saws, generally 

 used when the teeth are too small to be conveniently 

 sharpened by means of an emery wheel. 



Fine Grain. Wood is said to have a fine grain when the annual 

 rings of growth are narrow. 



Fir and Firwood. " Fir " is a North- West of Europe term, its 

 Italian substitute being " pine." This seems to account for 

 the latter taking such strong root in America, where the first 

 white settlers were of Latin stock. In Britain both terms 

 obtain. Instance, " Scots fir " and " Scots pine " is one 

 arid the same thing. 



" That pine of mountain race, 

 The fir, the Scotch fir, never out of place." Scott. 



" Firwood " is thus the produce of the " fir " or " pine." 

 See " Pine." 



Flreproofiag Timber. Various processes and chemicals have been 

 claimed to render wood uninflammable or to powerfully retard 

 the action of fire. That most in vogue at present is known 

 as " Oxylene," in which the chemicals employed are non- 

 volatile, stable and claimed to be without detrimental effect 

 on any wood, metal or paint with which it is brought in 

 contact. 



Firewood. In the import timber trade, by the term firewood is 

 meant deal, batten, board and planchette ends of from 1 to 

 5g ft. in. length. 



Firewood (alias Cook-wood). Is often brought over as the pro- 

 perty of the shipowner, a perquisite of the captain, or as fuel 

 for the ship's cook, and mostly sold on arrival to -be over- 

 hauled for box-making, the residue or waste passing into 

 firewood. Box-making has grown to such large proportions 

 in the wood trade that entire cargoes are chartered for and 

 shipped from the foreign saw-mills. See "Box- wood" 

 and " Packing-case Wood." 



Firsts and Seconds. A grading in quality of hardwoods. Also 

 termed Prime Quality in the United Kingdom. In America 

 expressed " Fas " or " F.A.S." 



Fissile. Having the grain in such a direction as to make the wood 

 suitable for cleaving or splitting. 



