1 Most 3D work can be done with the same engraving tools used for normal 2D engraving. 2  For 3D engraving into hard materials such as metals, a collet spindle is recommended for the highest quality engraving. 3  If you plan to do work in wood or in sign materials, several sizes and architectures of router bits may be used.
Definition of timber for English Language Learners. : 1  trees that are grown in order to produce wood. â 2 used as an interjection to warn people nearby that a cut tree is about to fall. : 3  a large piece of wood that is used to form a part of a building.
Lumber (American English; timber in Australian English, British English, Hiberno-English, and New Zealand English) is wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.Lumber may be supplied either rough-sawn, or surfaced on one or more of its faces.n Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and Britain, the term timber describes sawn wood products, such as floor boards. In the United States and Canada, generally timber describes standing or felled trees, before they are milled into boards, which are called lumber.