Manufactured Boards Notes

Hardboard: is a high-density wood fibreboard and a standard material used in furniture making and in the carpentry industry. The production process results in one very smooth side and a rougher side due to the way that it is manufactured. It is a extremely dense fibreboard. It is manufactured and sold at a thickness of 3mm.

Plywood: is a manufactured board that has properties including increased stability, high impact resistance, dimensional stability, high strength to weight ratio,  chemical resistance. Plywood is generally known as an assemblage of wood veneers bonded together to produce a flat sheet. Which is machined to a thickness of 6mm and is sold at that thickness.

Blockboard:is made up of a core of softwood strips that are extremely thin. These strips may be up to about 25mm wide however they are normally . The strips are placed edge to edge and sandwiched between veneers of hardwood. The sandwich is then glued under high pressure. In order to compress it and make sure that no water enters any gaps that are left. It is sold at a thickness of 18mm and this is the thickness that it is machined to this thickness initally aswell.

Chipboard:is made by gluing together wood particles with an adhesive, under heat and pressure makes chipboard. This creates a rigid board with a relatively smooth surface. Chipboard is available in a number of densities: -normal, medium and high-density. Is sold at a thickness of 18mm.

Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF)- is a reconstituted wood panel product. It is a dry-processed fibreboard manufactured from wood fibres, as opposed to veneers or particles, and is denser than plywood and particleboard. MDF has an even density throughout and is smooth on both sides.