Timber Flashcards
what is consideree when chooisng timber
aetshtics
physical properites
indoor or outdoor
ease of machining
commercial aspects
aethteicts realting to timbver
grain
patter
colour
commercial aspects relatign to timber
cost
stock
avalability
cosntiency in quality
potntial levels of waste
types of timber
hard wood
soft wood s
what are hard woods
timber from a broad leave tree
dedicuous trees
slow growing
what are soft woods
timber from confieruous trees
geenrally fast grwoing
name hard woods
oak
beech
teak
desciption and characteristics of oak
european - yellow pbrown
us - red or white
attarctive grain pattersn
desciption and characteristics of beech
streight graned
fine even texture
reddish brwon/pink/pale red
what is beech after steamign
white/cream
desciption and characteristics of teak
yellow/brown
straight grained
oil texture
bery expensive
phsycial shit of oak
hard
tough and strong
restant to outdoor codntiions
why will oak corrode steel screws or fixings
has a tannic acid in it
proerties fo teak
hard
tough
natural oil
very durable
high restantce to outdoor
why teak restat to outdoor
high resin content
natrual oils
what does teak natrual oils do
resists
mositore
acids
alkali
phsycial and shti of beech
hard
close grained
good bending strenght
good stiffness
good for imapc restance
comapred to aok what si teak
lil less reistant to impact
slighly stronger and stiffe
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comapred to oak what si ebech
stronger in bending strenght
stiffness
impact resitance
where oak from
europe
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