Bead (woodworking)

{{Short description|Woodworking decorative treatment}}

{{other uses|Bead (disambiguation)}}

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A bead is a woodworking decorative treatment applied to various elements of wooden furniture, boxes and other items.

A bead is typically a rounded shape cut into a square edge to soften the edge and provide some protection against splitting. Beads can be simple round shapes, or more complex patterns.

A bead may be created with an electric router, a special moulding handplane{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvsDAAAAMBAJ&q=woodworking+bead&pg=PA31|last=Dunbar|first=Michael|title=Wood moulding planes|publisher=American Woodworker|date=Jan–Feb 1990|pages=30–31|isbn=1-56158-784-2|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=August 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807171433/https://books.google.com/books?id=cvsDAAAAMBAJ&q=woodworking+bead&pg=PA31|url-status=live}} or a scratch stock."[https://books.google.com/books?id=QumMSk3hzrgC&dq=woodworking+bead&pg=PA128 Traditional projects (New best of Fine Woodworking)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807171438/https://books.google.com/books?id=QumMSk3hzrgC&dq=woodworking+bead&pg=PA128 |date=2023-08-07 }}", Taunton Press, 2005, page 128. {{ISBN|978-1561587841}}. Retrieved January 20, 2012 Beads are usually cut directly into the edge of the item to which the bead is being applied. However, beads applied across the grain are usually cut into a separate piece, which is then fixed in position.

A bead is also an important design element in wood turning, a ring-shape or convex curve incised into a piece by the use of a chisel or skew.Blandford, Percy W., "[ [https://books.google.com/books?id=LUwmBJ6YeAMC&dq=woodworking+bead&pg=PA247 The woodworker's bible: A complete guide to woodworking]", 2007, Popular Woodworking Books. Originally published by Tab Books, 1976. page 247. {{ISBN|978-1-55870-826-6}}. Retrieved January 20, 2012