MAN-MADE BOARDS

MANUFACTURED BOARDS:

• A manufactured board is a timber sheet that is made by gluing wood layers or wood fibres together, they are made of waste wood materials. They have been developed mainly for industrial production due to the fact that they can be made in very large sheets of consistent quality. Man made boards are available in many thicknesses.

General properties of manufactured boards:
• Manufactured boards often made use of waste wood materials.
• Saw dust is used to make MDF and hardboard.
• The saw dust is held together with glue.
• Boards are inexpensive so are often used as instead of real woods.
• Manufactured boards do however do not look as good as real woods look.
• Manufactured boards are often covered with a thin layer of real wood which is called veneer this improves their appearance.
                                        

S- SquashedL- Layers
I- Industrial
M- Manmade

C- Chipboard
H- Hardboard
I- Inexpensive
M- MDF
P - Plywood