Timbers

Question 1

What are the 2 types of wood?

Answer 1

Soft wood, hard wood

Question 2

What are the main properties of soft wood

Answer 2

Fast growing, loose grain struture, softer and eaiser to work with, grow straight up which means it is eaiser to cut boards from.

Question 3

What are the main uses of soft wood

Answer 3

Building materials, wood boards and prototyping out of wood

Question 4

What are some examples of soft woods

Answer 4

Larch, pine, spruce and redwoods

Question 5

What are the main properties of hard woods

Answer 5

Slow growing , quite hard, generally more expensive than soft woods with a tighter grain struture.

Question 6

What are the main uses of hard woods

Answer 6

Decorated wood pieces and furniture

Question 7

What are examples of hard woods

Answer 7

Ash, balsa, beech, mahogany and oak

Question 8

What are manafactured boards

Answer 8

Manfactured boards are wood boards made out of recycled wood waste.

Question 9

What are examples of manafactured boards

Answer 9

MDF( medium density fibre board) , chipboard, plywood,

Question 10

What is the main uses of manafactured boards

Answer 10

Industrial process as the wood sheets can be as big as the production needs it to be

Question 11

What are some advantages of manafactured boards over regular timbers

Answer 11

Manafactured boards can be any size as it is not rescricted the size of the tree it came from, boards are also inexpensive so they are often used as subsitutes for real woods