Posted by Northern Calif Dave on Friday, August 05, 2005 at 6:44PM :
In Reply to: Cross section of WDX wood..... posted by Terry in Bozrah on Friday, August 05, 2005 at 6:53AM :
Its a notch taken out of the corner so the steel retainer fits down into the wood instead of riding above the top surface. Common woodworking term.
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