MFB Flashcards
1
Q
What is a manufactured board
A
Cheap in comparison to softwood and hardwood, comes in large sheets-can be cut to any shape/size, really thin usually but can have a range of thickness 3mm - 30mm, better to paint.
2
Q
Plywood
A
Properties - plywood is made from thin sheets of wood (veneers) that are glued together with a grain direction of each layer at 90° to eachother, to reduce warping there are an odd number of layers (3,5, 7). The more layers, the stronger the wood.The layers of wood are glued together
Cost - fairly expensive.
3
Q
MDF
(Medium density fibreboards)
A
- made of wood fibres (dust) and glue mixed together then compressed into sheets
4
Q
Block board
A
strips of wood glued length ways, grains facing apposite ways.
5
Q
Hard board
A
very thin sheets of wood glued in same drection.
6
Q
Chipboard
A
Wood chips and glue compressed together into sheets
