Wood Flashcards
Breech
Light colour
Hard but easy to work with
Can be steam bent
Straight grained but fine fine texture
Uses for breech wood
Furniture
Toys
Tool handles
What’s steam bending
When u heat wood in steam and shape it by cramping around a former until cool
Maghohny
Reddish
Easy to work with
Uses for mahogany
Indoor furniture
Veneers
Bars shop fittings
Oak
Light brown
very strong
Open grained
very hard
Easy to work with
Oak uses
High quality furniture
Beams in buildings
Veneers
Hardwoods are
Deciduous trees
Grow slowly
More expensive
Some hardwoods are soft
Soft woods are
Fast growing
Less expensive
Come from carnifourus trees
Manufactured boards are
Timber sheets that are glued together wood layers (venners) or wood fibers
Scots pine
Fairly strong
Easy to work with
Inexpensive
Straight grainedbut knotty
Light in colour
Scots pine uses
Readily available for DIY work
Used for constructionial work
Red cedar
Light in weight
Knot free reddish brown
Easy to work with
Naturally oily
Cheap and expensive
Red cedar uses
Outdoor uses
Plywood
Very strong (grains glued at 90° of eachover)
Interior/exterior grades available
Very durable
Boil proof
Plywood uses
Furniture making
Boat building
MDF meaning
Medium density fiberboard
MDF
Smooth even surface
Easily machined, painted , stained
Fire/water resistant
MDF uses
Furniture and indoor paneling
Chipboard
Chips of wood glued together with urea foldehyde
Usually vennered (attractive hardwood or plastic laminate)
Chipboard uses
Kitchen and bedroom furniture
What are knots
Brown circles you find on wood cause by branches and harder than wood around it
Disadvantages of manufactured board
More expensive
Edges need to be covered
Not as attractive
Advantages of manufactured boards
Available in large sizes
Stable
Easy to work with
High qaulity finish
No natural defects
