1. Material Properties – Natural & Manufactured Boards
LESSON 2/5
Material Properties – Natural & Manufactured Boards
Within this lesson you will cover:
To gain an understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
Names of different manufactured boards.
Understand the environmental impact of manufactured boards.
How manufactured boards appearance is improved during manufacture.

2. Re-cap Quiz – Put into order.
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
DO NOW ACTIVITY
Re-cap Quiz – Put into order.
SOFTWOODS
HARDWOODS
Scots pine, Balsa, Ash, Spruce, Beech, Parana Pine, Redwood, Oak, Teak, Cedar

3. Re-cap Quiz – Put into order.
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
DO NOW ACTIVITY
Re-cap Quiz – Put into order.
SOFTWOODS
HARDWOODS
WORKSHEET TO PRINT OFF

4. Re-cap Quiz – Answers. SCOTS PINE SPRUCE CEDAR REDWOOD PARANA PINE
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
DO NOW ACTIVITY
Re-cap Quiz – Answers.
SOFTWOODS
HARDWOODS
SCOTS PINE
SPRUCE
CEDAR
REDWOOD
PARANA PINE
BALSA
ASH
OAK
TEAK
BEECH
WORKSHEET TO PRINT OFF
Scots pine, Balsa, Ash, Spruce, Beech, Parana Pine, Redwood, Oak, Teak, Cedar

5. These flat-pack drawers are made from MDF covered with a veneer.
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
MANUFACTURED BOARDS
Manufactured boards are made from the waste sections of
felled trees – the parts which are of little use as planks. The
wood is reduced to pulp, particles or thin strips and bonded
together using special adhesives or resins.
Manufactured boards:
come in sheet form (usually 1.2 x 2.4m)
are extremely stable and of uniform thickness
are less expensive than laminating planks of timber
can be covered with veneers
are available in a variety of thicknesses (3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 22mm etc).
These flat-pack drawers are made from MDF covered with a veneer.

6. Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.

7. Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
This world famous flat packed furniture company probably uses the most manufactured boards globally.

8. BUT are manufactured boards good for the environment?
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
MANUFACTURED BOARDS
BUT are manufactured boards good for the environment?
LETS
DEBATE

9. Manufactured boards & the environment.
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
MANUFACTURED BOARDS
Manufactured boards & the environment.
Almost one million tonnes of MDF is produced in the UK every year. It is a cheap and popular engineered wood product widely used for furniture and other products in homes, offices and retail businesses. However, as MDF cannot be recycled, waste MDF either has to be incinerated or ends up in landfill.
A new biodegradable and recyclable form of medium density fibreboard (MDF) has been created that could dramatically reduce the problem of future waste.

10. Using manufactured board
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
MANUFACTURED BOARDS
Using manufactured board
Advantages
Disadvantages
Available in large sheets with few faults or defects
Adhesives used in manufacture can be hazardous when inhaled
Aesthetic flaws like knots can be eliminated, boards require very little finishing
Adhesives used in manufacture can also blunt tools quickly
Made of wood that might otherwise go to landfill
Many traditional woodworking joints cannot be used and the edges are hard to finish
Available in a vast range of surface finishes
Boards are prone to absorbing moisture

11. Answer these questions in your exercise book.
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
COMPRESSION
Compression is the METHOD of using adhesives, heat & pressure to combine shreds, chips or pulp to produce a larger board. For example MDF.
Oriented strand board comprises compressed shreds of wood
Chipboard and MDF are often covered with a melamine or Formica® laminate
Q: Where might we obtain the raw materials for making compressed manufactured boards?
Q: Why are compressed boards weaker than laminated boards?
Answer these questions in your exercise book.

12. Improving manufactured boards - Veneers
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
MANUFACTURED BOARDS
Improving manufactured boards - Veneers
Veneer is wood in the form of a thin layer or sheet having the grain direction of the wood parallel to the surface. A typical thickness would be anything from 6mm to 0.25mm.
Veneer is obtained by either rotary cutting or slicing. It is applied to manufactured boards to make them look more REALISTIC.

13. Veneers are made for 3 reasons:
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
MANUFACTURED BOARDS
Veneers are made for 3 reasons:
1. To decorate surfaces – veneers of high value or attractive appearance are applied over a lower-quality material such as MDF.
2. Cross-ply construction to make plywood panels. Alternating grain direction provides increased strength.
3. Veneer bent to shapes (laminating). Veneers can be formed to shape in a mould by gluing multiple layers, contours and angles can be formed that could not be attained with a single piece of wood of similar thickness.

14. Laminating MANUFACTURED BOARDS
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
MANUFACTURED BOARDS
Laminating
Several layer of flexible veneer are glued together under pressure in a shaped mould. Once the glue has dried the veneers will stay in their new shape.
Making curves by laminating has several advantages over machining and steam bending:
Greater stability
Tighter curves
Increased strength (cross directional strength)

15. Worksheet to print for recording the process

16. What are manufactured boards made from?
Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
RESEARCH HOMEWORK
Using the internet & your knowledge learnt during todays lesson complete the following questions for the following lesson:
In a short paragraph write what manufactured boards are and how they are different to hardwoods/softwoods.
What are manufactured boards made from?
What do companies such as IKEA add to manufactured boards to improve their appearance?
Briefly explain, with sketches the laminating process.
Briefly explain why manufactured can not be recycled after their usage.

17. What are manufactured boards made from?
Using the internet & your knowledge learnt during todays lesson complete the following questions for the following lesson:
In a short paragraph write what manufactured boards are and how they are different to hardwoods/softwoods.
What are manufactured boards made from?
What do companies such as IKEA add to manufactured boards to improve their appearance?
Briefly explain, with sketches the laminating process.
Briefly explain why manufactured can not be recycled after their usage.
Homework sheet to print off

18. Objective - Learner will gain knowledge and understanding of the properties of manufactured boards.
PLENARY QUIZ