Finishing Woods - Crucial Notes. Some also offer protection to moisture when used outdoors. Seals and protects the surface of the wood. Generally applied to timber that is going to be used outdoors. They enhance appearance and extend the useful life of timber products. A New type of MDF.

There are two types of woods softwoods and hardwoods. Hardwoods come from broad-leaved angiosperm trees,mostly deciduous, but not necessarily, in the case of tropical trees. Where as softwoods come from which comes from conifer trees. On average, hardwood is of higher density and hardness than softwood, but there is considerable variation in actual wood hardness in both groups. Man Made Boards come in many different sizes,like Plywood can come in from 2mm to 18mm in thickness,you.

Friday, 12 September 2008. 2 or more metals mixed togther. Or a metal combined with a different material. Ehance the properties by combining more than one metal. Most metals become less hard and more ductile when they are heated. The more the metals are worked and processed, the harder it becomes to work with them. Apply heat, then quench.

Friday, 5 September 2008. Timber grows all over the world but most commonly in the USA and the Far-East. Can produce long straight lenghs. Grain is the flow of trachieds. The tracheids are the cells in the wood. The lignin is the natural resin.

Has iron in and they corrode and rust when they meet any moisture, they are also magnetic. Normally cast iron or steel. Are the opposite to ferrous, they are more expensive, aluminium, copper, lead, tin, zinc. Are two materials mixed together to make a new substance which might make it stronger. Is where you work it too hard so you need to anneal it by heating it up then quenching it fast so you can work with the metal. Tuesday, 2 September 2008. What i know about wood.

Manufactured boards are cheap, come in different sizes, and are what you order. Plywood-This light and strong board is more or less thin sheets stuck together with the grain at 90 degrees to each other, this is also a popular board for many. Stirling board-This board is cheap yet weak, usually used to board up window frames. Thursday, 28 August 2008. I should never have bought.

Manufactured boards are very cheap and easy to make. they can be accuratley made into lengths and thicknesses. Layers of wood placed perpendicularly to make a board. Lots of chips of woods stuck together and compacted together with glue, not good in wetness. Like chip board but cheaper and bigger chips. Wood fibres stuck together with glue. basically made out of dust. very dangerous if you breath in the dust made from working with it. Thursday, 28 August 2008.