S - Glossary of Woodworking Terms

 Sash Clamp: A long, heavy-duty clamp used primarily in woodworking to hold large panels, frames, or doors together while glue sets or fasteners are applied. Find sash clamps here.

 Scalloped: Cut-outs made in a series of regularly spaced circular scoops.

 Screw Clamp: A type of clamp that uses a threaded screw mechanism to apply pressure, allowing for precise control and a strong grip. Find screw clamps here.

 Seaming Tool: A specialized device used to join, level, and secure two surfaces, typically during the installation of countertops, tiles, or sheet materials. The suction cups attach firmly to smooth surfaces to hold them in place while a clamping mechanism pulls the two surfaces together for a flush seam. Find seaming tools here.

 Shoulder Plane: A specialized woodworking hand tool designed for precision trimming and fitting of joints, especially where two surfaces meet at a right angle, such as the shoulders of tenons, rabbets, and dadoes. Find planes here.

 Skew Chisel (WoodturningTool): A standard skew chisel is rectangular in section, making it superb for spindle work e.g. newel posts and table legs, and the ‘rolling’ edges help turners avoid catching an edge and to allow greater manoeuvrability. Skew chisels are also available with other sections such as oval, round etc. Find skew chisels here.

 Spelching / Spelch: Splintering caused from cross-cutting wood.

 Spindle Gouge (Woodturning Tool): These are detailing tools used on between-centre work, where the grain is running parallel to the lathe bed. Spindle gouges are used to create coves, beads and other profiles on goblets, vases, bed posts, candle sticks and other spindle projects. Find spindle gouges here.

 Spindle Turning: A woodturning technique where the wood is mounted between the headstock and tailstock of a lathe and rotated along its long axis. 

 Spiral Cutter: A special type of router cutter with helical or spiral cutting edges and grooves (flutes). Available with left hand fluting or right hand fluting to help raise chips out of the work. Find spiral cutters here. 

 Spring Clamp: A compact, easy-to-use clamping tool that uses spring tension to hold objects tightly together. Ideal for quick, temporary clamping in woodworking, crafts, photography, and light-duty DIY tasks. Find spring clamps here.

 Staff Bead: A return bead with a quirk at each side. Refers also to the beaded strip which holds a sash window in place. Find staff bead cutters here.

 Sub-Base: An additional base fitted under the base of a router. This may be introduced to increase bearing surface, or provide a means of guiding the router in various ways. Find router sub-bases here.