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
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aethteicts realting to timbver

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grain
patter
colour

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3
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commercial aspects relatign to timber

A

cost
stock
avalability
cosntiency in quality
potntial levels of waste

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4
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types of timber

A

hard wood
soft wood s

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5
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what are hard woods

A

timber from a broad leave tree
dedicuous trees
slow growing

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6
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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
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desciption and characteristics of oak

A

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

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9
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desciption and characteristics of beech

A

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

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10
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what is beech after steamign

A

white/cream

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11
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desciption and characteristics of teak

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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
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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
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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
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where oak from

A

europe
NA

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21
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where beech from

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

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uses of beech
mallets chopping boards work benches kitchen ware
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uses of teak
outdoor furntiture lab benches boats
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name 3 soft woods
pine spruce fir
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where pien from
UK Nortehn Europe Russia
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where sprcue from
europe canda
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where fir from
cenrtal and southern europ e
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desciption and characteristics of pien
white and creamy straight grained soemtiems resinous knots
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desciption and characteristics of spruce
straight grained thin regualr texture
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what is common w spruce
resin cancals shrinkage when dried
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desciption and characteristics of fir
white greyish fien to medium texture no resin straight or slightly wave grain
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phsycial and shit of pien
strong and stiff varied quality
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phsycial shit of spruce
restant to splitting soft low in weight medium desnite good strenght and elasticity
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phsycial fo fir
good corrsion resitance soft low in weight mid density good strenght flexbile and elastic
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when dried wat is fir
less suspectiabel to shrinkgae thna spruce strog and stable
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with regards to machieing what si fir
easy
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uses of pine
exterior inetrior joinery strtcural uses fences garden shed
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uses of spruce
structural cosntruction timebr
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uses of fir
veneers plywood constructio windows doors
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what will designers cosider for timber
short term phsycial proepties long term phsycial proeprities woking proeprties aesthtcis commercial factors
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shoft term physcial properities in timebr cosnideration
strenght stiffness density hardness
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long term phsycial propetities in cosnidertion
stability hwo much shit warps, expands, shinks out door suitability chemical restace
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issues with using timebr
deforestation endgarerign species
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ways to reduce timebr damage to enviro
use FSC commercial productiosn of soft woods man made boards
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how si wood soruced and conversioned d
debarked cut to size kiln dried
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issues with kiln drying
high enegry
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secondary processing on timebr
conevrsion to larger peices or specific lenghts heat and rot restance
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benefits fo wood
can eb recyled regrown not entirely finite
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what does grade mean in timebrs
quality fo shit