List of timber framing tools. Illustration of carpentry (charpente) in the French EncyclopÃ©die showing hewing, mortising, pit sawing on trestles. Tools include dividers, axes, chisel and mallet, beam cart, pit saw, trestles, and bisaigue . The men talking may be holding a story pole and rule (or walking cane). Shear legs are hoisting a timber. Below, the sticks on the log are winding sticks used to align the ends of a timber.
The problem of plastics. 1  Plastic is a polymeric materialâthat is, a material whose molecules are very large, often resembling long chains made up of a seemingly endless series of interconnected links.
Jane Nelson/Getty Images. Definition: Batik is a method of dying fabrics and sometimes paper in which some areas are covered with wax, glues, or specially made products to keep dyes from penetrating the fabric.Typically the wax or other product is laid down in a pattern and then the paint is applied and allowed to dry. The wax is then removed.ane Nelson/Getty Images. Definition: Batik is a method of dying fabrics and sometimes paper in which some areas are covered with wax, glues, or specially made products to keep dyes from penetrating the fabric.