Timber Flashcards

1
Q

what is consideree when chooisng timber

A

aetshtics
physical properites
indoor or outdoor
ease of machining
commercial aspects

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2
Q

aethteicts realting to timbver

A

grain
patter
colour

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3
Q

commercial aspects relatign to timber

A

cost
stock
avalability
cosntiency in quality
potntial levels of waste

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4
Q

types of timber

A

hard wood
soft wood s

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5
Q

what are hard woods

A

timber from a broad leave tree
dedicuous trees
slow growing

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6
Q

what are soft woods

A

timber from confieruous trees
geenrally fast grwoing

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7
Q

name hard woods

A

oak
beech
teak

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8
Q

desciption and characteristics of oak

A

european - yellow pbrown
us - red or white
attarctive grain pattersn

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9
Q

desciption and characteristics of beech

A

streight graned
fine even texture
reddish brwon/pink/pale red

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10
Q

what is beech after steamign

A

white/cream

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11
Q

desciption and characteristics of teak

A

yellow/brown
straight grained
oil texture
bery expensive

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12
Q

phsycial shit of oak

A

hard
tough and strong
restant to outdoor codntiions

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13
Q

why will oak corrode steel screws or fixings

A

has a tannic acid in it

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14
Q

proerties fo teak

A

hard
tough
natural oil
very durable
high restantce to outdoor

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15
Q

why teak restat to outdoor

A

high resin content
natrual oils

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16
Q

what does teak natrual oils do

A

resists
mositore
acids
alkali

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17
Q

phsycial and shti of beech

A

hard
close grained
good bending strenght
good stiffness
good for imapc restance

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18
Q

comapred to aok what si teak

A

lil less reistant to impact
slighly stronger and stiffe
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19
Q

comapred to oak what si ebech

A

stronger in bending strenght
stiffness
impact resitance

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20
Q

where oak from

A

europe
NA

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21
Q

where beech from

A

europe
UK

22
Q

where teak from

A

burma
indian pensiul

23
Q

uses of oak

A

futniture
flooring
inetrior and exterior joinery
cladding

24
Q

what si cladding

A

outlayer appleid on a structure

25
Q

uses of beech

A

mallets
chopping boards
work benches
kitchen ware

26
Q

uses of teak

A

outdoor furntiture
lab benches
boats

27
Q

name 3 soft woods

A

pine
spruce
fir

28
Q

where pien from

A

UK
Nortehn Europe
Russia

29
Q

where sprcue from

A

europe
canda

30
Q

where fir from

A

cenrtal and southern europ
e

31
Q

desciption and characteristics of pien

A

white and creamy
straight grained
soemtiems resinous knots

32
Q

desciption and characteristics of spruce

A

straight grained
thin regualr texture

33
Q

what is common w spruce

A

resin cancals
shrinkage when dried

34
Q

desciption and characteristics of fir

A

white greyish
fien to medium texture
no resin
straight or slightly wave grain

35
Q

phsycial and shit of pien

A

strong and stiff
varied quality

36
Q

phsycial shit of spruce

A

restant to splitting
soft
low in weight
medium desnite
good strenght and elasticity

37
Q

phsycial fo fir

A

good corrsion resitance
soft
low in weight
mid density
good strenght
flexbile and elastic

38
Q

when dried wat is fir

A

less suspectiabel to shrinkgae thna spruce
strog and stable

39
Q

with regards to machieing what si fir

A

easy

40
Q

uses of pine

A

exterior inetrior joinery
strtcural uses
fences
garden shed

41
Q

uses of spruce

A

structural
cosntruction timebr

42
Q

uses of fir

A

veneers
plywood
constructio
windows
doors

43
Q

what will designers cosider for timber

A

short term phsycial proepties
long term phsycial proeprities
woking proeprties
aesthtcis
commercial factors

44
Q

shoft term physcial properities in timebr cosnideration

A

strenght
stiffness
density
hardness

45
Q

long term phsycial propetities in cosnidertion

A

stability
hwo much shit warps, expands, shinks
out door suitability
chemical restace

46
Q

issues with using timebr

A

deforestation
endgarerign species

47
Q

ways to reduce timebr damage to enviro

A

use FSC
commercial productiosn of soft woods
man made boards

48
Q

how si wood soruced and conversioned d

A

debarked
cut to size
kiln dried

49
Q

issues with kiln drying

A

high enegry

50
Q

secondary processing on timebr

A

conevrsion to larger peices or specific lenghts
heat and rot restance

51
Q

benefits fo wood

A

can eb recyled
regrown
not entirely finite

52
Q

what does grade mean in timebrs

A

quality fo shit