Uses waste material, has no moisture in it not allowing the board to bend
MDF - medium density fibreboard, Cheap, fine wood chippings in glue and compressed together to forum a sheet, no structure, will blunten saw due to the glue being harder than the wood
Plywood - most used for furniture because its veneered (product underneath with a coating on top to make it look aesthetically pleasing) there are two types of vaneer : sliced and rotory
, the grain on each sheet goes opposite to make the plywood have a stronger structure and stop it bending
Chipboard - wood chips glued together, blunts the saw like MDF, can be as thick as you like, very strong
Hardboard - cheap, very weak, fibreous, absorbs water, used for backing on some furniture like cupboards
Blockboard - Vaneered on the top, wood stuck together in the middle in several sections
Flexy ply - machined with grouves in allowing it to bend in a certain direction
Aeroply - Used for outer skin of aircraft, very expensive, has a stright grain, the wood used to form it is Beach
Maplex - new MDF, high grade MDF, High Desity
Man made board has no iragularites such as Knots
thickness of board goes in multiples of 3mm (3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24) and a height of 1120 mm
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