Glossary E
Eames, Charles
Ebony
Edge, Edging
For the woodworker, "finishing" an edge of a table top,
a chair seat, any larger surface, is never dismissed
easily. Will it have a Beveled Edge, a
Profiled Edge, a Molded Edge, an Edge-band.
Will the Edge-to-Edge Joint or Edge-Joined
Boards be simply glued? Have Splines? Have a
"Biscuit"?
Edge-band
Edge-to-Edge Joint
Electrification
Empire Style
End-grain
English Tudor furniture
Epoxy
Equilibrium Moisture Content
See also Appendix 8: The Anatomy and Physiology of Wood
According to its
moisture content, wood will either emit or absorb
moisture from the surrounding air until the moisture
in the wood balances with the moisture in the air.
When this point is reached, the wood is said to be
at equilibrium moisture content (E.M.C.).
Since wood is exposed constantly to daily and
seasonal changes in the air's relative humidity, the
moisture content wood itself makes changes are
constant, even if only slightly, but therefore
changes in its dimensions. This is the reason doors
and drawers often stick during humid weather but
work freely the rest of the year.
Source: Willis Wagner,
Modern Woodworking: Tools, Materials, Procedures.
South Holand, IL: Goodheart-Willcox, 1974;
Ernest Joyce,
Encyclopedia of Furniture
Making New York: Sterling,
1979, page 103.
