wood
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- Created on: 30-12-17 15:12
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- Wood
- Plywood
- Built of odd layers of thin veneers of hardwood or softwood called laminates each one running at 90' to each other, glued together with pressure applied
- Advantages: strong due to layer construction, resistant to warping and cracking, cost effective
- Issues: porous due to the way the layers are built, splinter badly when cut
- Uses: chests & cabinets, roof construction, flooring, chairs
- Built of odd layers of thin veneers of hardwood or softwood called laminates each one running at 90' to each other, glued together with pressure applied
- Blockboard
- built with strips of softwood sandwiched between two sheets of hardwood on the top and glued together under pressure
- Advantages: strong, cheap, resistant to splitting, lightweight, does not shrink
- Issues: retains moisture, not as strong as original wood, needs veneer on edges
- Uses: furniture, bedroom units, kitchen worktops, table tops
- built with strips of softwood sandwiched between two sheets of hardwood on the top and glued together under pressure
- Chipboard
- made up of wood particles including shavings, dust, chips, glued together under pressure
- Advantages: easy to use, cheap, aesthetically presented with a variety of wood-like features
- issues: likely to crack and fall apart over time, retains moisture so will swell and become unusable, when cut leaves rough edges
- Uses: kitchen tops, fire doors, shelving, furniture
- made up of wood particles including shavings, dust, chips, glued together under pressure
- Hardboard
- made from wood fibres obtained from chips and pulped wood waste. pulp is put under pressure until bonded leaving one side smooth and the other rough
- Issues: not suitable for outdoor use, weak, poor resistance to water
- Uses: notepad holder, drawer bottoms, doors, pacakaging
- made from wood fibres obtained from chips and pulped wood waste. pulp is put under pressure until bonded leaving one side smooth and the other rough
- MDF (medium density fibreboard)
- made from fine wood dust and resin pressed into a board, worked, shaped, machined easily, painted without primer or undercoat
- Advantages: strong and durable, easily made, easily cut shaped and drilled, manufactured in several different forms, can be fire and water resistant
- Uses: flooring, kitchen cabinets, joinery, panel moulding. cladding
- Issues: heavy, easily split and damaged, can damage blunt tools due to glue used, harmful to health when being cut, unless treated will absorb moisture and swell
- Advantages: strong and durable, easily made, easily cut shaped and drilled, manufactured in several different forms, can be fire and water resistant
- made from fine wood dust and resin pressed into a board, worked, shaped, machined easily, painted without primer or undercoat
- Plywood
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