QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. What factors determine selection and use of any particular wood for a given purpose?
2. If a plain style table having a flat top and four legs were advertised as "Combination Mahogany" from what would you believe that table was made?
3. What are the essential differences between the Classic-Modern development and the Functional-Modern development?
4. How should you answer a customer who held the view that there was something shoddy and false about veneer?
5. What are the "concealed values" in a large upholstered chair? How may they best be discussed with your customer?
6. Explain the following:
- Kiln drying.
- Sapwood.
- Hardwood.
- Burls.
- Quarter-sawing.
- Moisture content.
- Tenon.
- Calamus.
- Heartwood.
- Plywood.
7. What are points of excellence in finishing?
8. Are you familiar with the important facts in connection with the manufacture of your furniture woods?
- Location of the factories.
- Sources of the principal furniture woods.
- Reasons for use of each wood in certain situations.
- Workmanship employed.
- Inspection and testing methods.
- Standards maintained.
9. What are the so-called real cabinet woods?
10. If your customer determines to use painted furniture for his living room set does it make any difference whether the manufacturer has used an inexpensive furniture wood?