Timber GCSE

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  • Timber
    • Types of wood
      • Hardwood
        • Deciduous trees
        • beech
          • White to pinkish brown colour, closely grained, hard tough, used in furniture and flooring
        • oak
          • light brown, open grained, hard, tough, used for furniture.
        • balsa
        • Mahogany
          • Reddish-brown, interlocking grained, durable, used for furniture.
      • Softwood
        • Coniferous trees
          • scots pine
            • Pale yellow, straight grained, tough, lightweight, soft, used for construction and fencing.
          • western red cedar
            • Reddish-brown, straight grained,  durable, used for roof cladding and windows.
          • Parana pine
            • pale yellow, straight grained, hard durable, used for doors and staircases.
      • Manufactured board
        • Natural timbers bonded by resin
        • MDF
          • pale brown, wood fibres, dense, used for flooring and furniture
        • Plywood
          • white or pale yellow, layered, impact resistance, used for flooring
        • Chipboard
          • pale yellow, straight grained, hard, durable, used for furniture and flooring
    • Finishes
      • staining
      • Varnishing
      • oiling
      • Painting
      • Change physical properties of wood
    • Production
      • batch
      • Mass
      • Continuous
      • One-off

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