manufactured boards

Question 1

manufactured boards

Answer 1

layers, chips or fibers of new or recycled wood glued together

Question 2

plywood

Answer 2

thin layers of wood placed 90° to each other and compressed to form the board.
good strength in all directions, no grain weakness, always has an odd number of layers

Question 3

marine plywood

Answer 3

similar to construction plywood but is gap and void free. uses specialist water and boil proof water glue to provide resistance to moisture. some higher quality marine plywood is also fungal attack resistant

Question 4

aeroply

Answer 4

plyowood made from higher quality timber. very thin sheets, lightweight, easy to bend around a support frame

Question 5

flexible plywood

Answer 5

ood number of layers with the two outer layers made from open grained timber allowing the sheet to flex. bent and glued around a former to achieve a solid shape

Question 6

chipboard

Answer 6

wood chips compressed with resin such as urea formaldehyde UF

Question 7

MDF

Answer 7

compressed wood fibers-sometimes urea formaldehyde is added. two smooth faces available in standard grain or veneered with a thin layer of timber

Question 8

veneers

Answer 8

thin slices of wood less than 3mm thick