1.6 Manufactured Boards

Question 1

What are manufactured boards?

Answer 1

• Manufactured boards are timber sheets, which are produced by gluing wood layers or wood fibres together.
• Often made use of waste wood materials.

Question 2

Why are manufactured boards developed mainly for industrial production?

Answer 2

They can be made in very large sheets of consistent quality

Question 3

Are manufactured boards expensive?

Answer 3

No so they are often used as instead of real wood

Question 4

What is veneer and its use?

Answer 4

Veneer is the thin layer of real wood and its used to cover manufactured boards as it improves their appearance.

Question 5

What are the four types of board?

Answer 5

• MDF
• Plywood
• Chipboard
• Blockboard

Question 6

What is MDF?

Answer 6

• A smooth and even surfaced board made from combining wood powder and PVA glue
• Easily machined and painted

Question 7

What are the uses of MDF?

Answer 7

• Used mainly for furniture and interior panelling due to its easy machining qualities
• Often veneered or painted

Question 8

What is Plywood?

Answer 8

A very strong board, which is constructed of layer of veneer or piles which are glued at 90 degrees to each other

Question 9

What are the uses of Plywood?

Answer 9

• Used for strong structural panelling board used in building construction
• Furniture making

Question 10

What is chipboard?

Answer 10

• A board made from chips of wood glued together
• Usually veneered or covered in plastic laminate

Question 11

What are the uses of chipboard?

Answer 11

• Used for kitchen and bedroom furniture usually veneered or covered with a plastic laminate (melamine)
• Shelving and general DIY work

Question 12

What is Blockboard?

Answer 12

Similar to Plywood but the central layer is made from strips of timber

Question 13

What are the uses of blockboard?

Answer 13

• Used where heavier structures are needed
• Common for shelving and worktops

Question 14

What are the 6 types of knock-down fittings?

Answer 14

• Plastic Corner Block
• Natural Wood Fitting
• Two Block Fitting
• Rigid Joint
• Scan Fittings
• Cam Locks

Question 15

What is a Plastic Corner Block?

Answer 15

• The corner block is pressed against two pieces of wood and screws are used to fix the blocks into position
• A relatively strong joint that can be disassembled using a screwdriver

Question 16

What is a Natural Wood Fitting?

Answer 16

• An effective and low-cost joint that uses a piece of Softwood, which is drilled and countersunk screws attached
• This gives a cheap and effective known-down joint

Question 17

What is a Two Block Fitting?

Answer 17

• A strong joint that uses plastic fittings
• A bolt passes through the first fitting into the thread of the second
• As the bolt is tightened, it draws the two fittings together

Question 18

What is a Rigid Joint?

Answer 18

• A strong joint because it uses Injection Moulded plastic fittings.
• Screws pass through the four holes which hold the sides at each corner firmly together

Question 19

What are scan fittings?

Answer 19

• A strong joint that can either permanent or temporary joints
• The cylinder is inserted into the first side of a cabinet in a pre-drilled hole
• The screw is then pushed throught the hole in the second side until it meets the cylinder

Question 20

What are cam locks?

Answer 20

• A disk fits into a recess in the first side of the cabinet and rotates by inserting a screwdriver into the slot in its side
• The shaft is screwed into the second side of the cabinet