Timber and Manmade boards -1

Question 1

What should be considered when picking materials

Answer 1

Functional Performance
Aesthetics
Cost and availability
Properties and characteristics
Environmental considerations
Social and cultural factors

Question 2

Name 3 hard woods

Answer 2

Oak
Beech
Teak

Question 3

Where does oak generally come from

Answer 3

Europe and NA

Question 4

Where does beech generally come from

Answer 4

Central Europe and the UK

Question 5

Where does teak generally come from

Answer 5

, India , Peninsula

Question 6

Give a description of oak

Answer 6

Yellowy brown in the UK
Red or white in NA
Attractive grains

Question 7

Give a description of beech(3)

Answer 7

Straight grained
Fine even texture
Pink pale red colour

Question 8

Give a description of teak(4)

Answer 8

Yellow and brown
Straight grained
Oily texture
Can be expensive

Question 9

Give some physical properites of oak(3)

Answer 9

Strong and tough
Resistant to outdoor conditions
Can be very durable (white oak isnt)
acid that can corrode steel fixings

Question 10

Give some physical properties of beech(2)

Answer 10

Good bending strength
Decent stiffness
Good resitance to impact bearing loads

Question 11

Give some physical properties teak(5)

Answer 11

Strong
Stiff
Natural oil
Very durable
Reisistant to outdoor conditions

Question 12

Give some uses of oak

Answer 12

Furniture
Joinery
Flooring/Decking
Panelling
Veneers

Question 13

Give some uses of teak

Answer 13

Interior and exterior furniture

Question 14

Give some uses of beech

Answer 14

Interior joinery, furniture
Impact needing items
Tool handles
Instruments

Question 15

Name 3 soft woods

Answer 15

Pine
Spruce
Fir

Question 16

Give a descripiton of pine(3)

Answer 16

White/creamy timber
Straight grained
Sometimes has knots

Question 17

Give a description of spruce
(3)

Answer 17

Straight grained
Thin regular texture
Resin Canals - sometimes

Question 18

Give a description of fir(3)

Answer 18

Whiteish greyish
Fine to medium texture
No resin

Question 19

But Give some properties of pine
(2)

Answer 19

Strong
Stiff

Question 20

Give some properties of spruce
(4)(SHLG)

Answer 20

Soft
Has medium density
Low in weight
Good strength and elasticity
resitant to splliting

Question 21

Give some properties of fir
(4)

Answer 21

Soft
Low in weight
Medium density
Can be flexible and elastic
good resitance to corrosion

Question 22

Give some uses of pine

Answer 22

Exterior and interior joinery, heavy structural use, external furniture

Question 23

Give some uses of spruce

Answer 23

Structural, indoor and outdoor
Instruments

Question 24

Give some uses of fir

Answer 24

Indoor and outdoor structural uses, general carpentry, interior constructions

Question 25

What are the types of manufactured boards

Answer 25

Laminate boards Compressed boards

Question 26

Give some advantages of man made board to natural timber

Answer 26

Available in large sheets Do not do things like warp Consistent properties Prefinished Treated with resitance

Question 27

Give some laminate boards

Answer 27

Plywood Blockboard Laminboard

Question 28

What are the general properties of laminate boards

Answer 28

Thin layers of wood, ontop of eachother with the grains perpendicular, giving it a consitent structure, glued under heart , with synthetic resin

Question 29

Where would laminate boards be used

Answer 29

Load bearing shelves,etc

Question 30

What are compressed boards

Answer 30

Boards made from chips, strands etc of timber glued together under compressive forces

Question 31

What are some compressed boards

Answer 31

Chip board MDF or HDF

Question 32

Give some properties of chipboard

Answer 32

Made from the waste rather weak and flexible poor durability To better it it will have a prefinished surface venner

Question 33

Give some properties of mdf and hdf

Answer 33

similar to chipboard, but made of finer fibres , giving a harder surface and greater stability

Question 34

when choosing timebrs what should be cosnidered

Answer 34

grain colour and pattern compression strength etc sutiability for lcoation fo use ease of machine comemrcial aspects, stock , costs etc

Question 35

what are hardwoods

Answer 35

timbers geenrally from slow growing trees

Question 36

what are softwodos

Answer 36

timebrs from fast growign trees

Question 37

speak abotu ply wood

Answer 37

thin layers of wood, glued at 90 degrees to eachother, good strength in all directiosn etc ,

Question 38

flexible plywood