Drawer bottoms, Cabinet backs, Lightweight internal door cladding
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How is Plywood made?
Gluing together an odd number of 1.5mm veneers, the grain of each layer is at 90° and the two outside layers run in the same direction
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How is Chipboard made?
Waste products being bonded together with very strong resins and has no grain pattern
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How is MDFmade?
Made from wood fibres glued under heat and pressure
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How is Hardboard made?
Made from compressed fibres that have been soaked in a resin before being compressed
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Is Oak a hardwood or softwood?
Hardwood
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Is Mahogany a hardwood or softwood?
Hardwood
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Is Beech a hardwood or softwood?
Hardwood
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Is Ash a hardwood or softwood?
Hardwood
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Is Pine a hardwood or softwood?
Softwood
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What are five facts about hardwoods?
Generally have broad leaves, They are deciduous (leaf losing), They grow nuts and fruits, They take 100 years to mature, More expensive than softwoods
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What are six facts about softwoods?
They are coniferous (usually evergreens), They take 30 years to mature, Thin, needle like leaves, Cheaper than hardwoods, They are cone bearing, Commercially grown in managed forestes
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What are three facts about manufactured boards?
Made from waste produced by processing other woods, Incresingly popular, Available in an increasing number of standard sizes, thicknesses and finishes
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