Wood Flashcards
How many types of wood are there
3
What are the 3 types of wood
Hardwood
Softwood
Man made boards
How can you remember the names of hard woods
BAMO.
B beech
A ash
M mahogany
O oak
Bamo sounds like bamboo which is hard.
What type of wood area most expensive
Hard woods
What can mahogany wood be used for
Furniture
doors, window frames, staircases.
What can beech wood be used for
Children’s toys and kitchen utensils
Breadboards, Rolling Pins, Wooden Spoons, Furniture
What can ash wood be used for
Sport equipment
Hockey sticks, Cricket stumps,
What can oak wood be used for
It’s string so you can use it for kitchen units, furniture and staircases
What is the easiest wood to work with
Soft wood
What is a way to remember soft woods
P. Pine
P. Parana Pine
S. Spruce
C. Cedar
What can pine be used for
Furniture
What can Parana pine be used for
Staircases, Window Sills, Step ladders
It is very heavy
What is spruce wood used for
Newspapers, Floor Joists, Roof Joists
What is cedar wood used for
Closets, chests, boats, pencils and Telephone Poles
What is an advantage of man made boards
can be stronger than solid timber because of the arrangement of the grain.
What is a disadvantage of man made woods
They are difficult to join using normal wood joints and often require special fixings. Nailing and screwing into the edge can be a problem, as the boards tend to split apart as the screw or nail goes in.
How can you remember man made woods
C. Chip board
P. Plywood
M. MDF
Plywood
Plywood is made from layers of thin wood glued one on top of the other to form a sheet.
Plywood is extremely strong and it gets this strength from the arrangement of the glued layers. The grain of each layer is at 90 degrees to that of the next layer.
There are always an odd number of layers.
Chip board
This is made from chips of wood compressed and glued together. It tends to be weaker than MDF and plywood. Chipboard is also a difficult material to cut, join and finish because the chips can separate when you try to screw or nail into the edges.
MDF
MDF stands for medium density fibreboard. It is made from small particles of wood chips glued and compressed together to form a sheet. While MDF is not as strong as plywood it is cheaper and very useful for making projects such as mechanical toys and boxes
What does MDF stand for
Medium density fireboard
Name as many hardwoods as you can
Mahogany, Beech, Ash, Walnut, Teak, Birch, Elm, and Oak.
