WOODS
CLASSIFICATION
WOODS
NATURAL MANMADE
BOARDS
SOFTWOODS HARDWOODS
They come from coniferous trees.
They come from decicious trees
They are ever green, and
(they lost their FLAT leaves in autumm)
have got NEEDLE shaped leaves
SOFTWOODS - PROPERTIES
CONIFEROUS ARE FAST GROWING (20-30
years to mature)
TIMBER THAT COMES FROM CONIFEROUS
TREES IS OPEN GRAINED
IT SPLITS EASILY
IT IS WEAK
IT IS CHEAP
HARDWOODS - PROPERTIES
DECICIOUS TREES ARE LOW GROWING
(100 years to mature)
TIMBER THAT COMES FROM DECIDIOUS
TREES IS CLOSE GRAINED
IT DOES NOT SPLIT EASILY
IT IS STRONG
IT IS EXPENSIVE
SOFTWOODS
EXAMPLES
HARDWOODS
EXAMPLES
HARDWOODS
EXAMPLES
HARDWOODS
EXAMPLES
BLOCKBOARD
IT IS MADE FROM
SOFTWOOD STRIPS
BONDED WITH AN
ADHESIVE.
IT IS USED FOR
FURNITURE
MANUFACTURING
(internal parts)
CHIPBOARD
IT IS MADE FROM
SMALL CHIPS OF
WOOD BONDED
WITH A RESINE
IT IS USED IN
FURNITURE
MANUFACTURING.
IT IS CHEAP
MEDIUM DENSITY FIBRE
BOARD MDF = DM
IT IS MADE FROM
WOOD DUST AND
RESIN, AND THEN
PRESSURED INTO A
BOARD.
IT IS EASY TO WORK
(machine, cut, paint...)
IT IS USED IN CHEAP
FURNITURE (internal
parts)
PLYWOOD
IT IS MADE FROM
VENEERS OF
TIMBER BONDED BY
A RESIN.
THE GRAINS OF THE
VENEERS ARE
PERPENDICULAR
EACH OTHER.
WORKING WITH WOODS
TO MEASURE & DRAW, WE USE...
TO CUT, WE USE ...
TO HOLD, WE USE ...
TO HOLE, WE USE ...
TO SAND & RASP, WE USE ...
TO JOIN, WE USE...
PHSICAL PROPERTIES
The relationship
between DENSITY
MASS and VOLUME
The ABILITY
of being
sratched by
HARDNESS
other material
The property
of resisting TENSILE
PULLING
STRESS
forces
PULL
The property
of resisting COMPRESSION
PUSHING STRESS
forces
PUSH
The property of
FLEXIBILITY
being
BENT...
The ability of
resisting the action DURABILITY
of living organisms,
moisture ...
The ability THERMAL
to CONDUCTIVITY
TRANSFER HEAT
The ability to allow
the FLOW ELECTRIC
OF ELECTRONS CONDUCTIVITY
WOODS ARE GOOD THERMAL & ELECTRICITY INSULATORS
