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Pine
Source Natural Origin Europe, Scandinavia Properties and features: Easy to work, relatively cheap, readily available. May contain knots, which weaken the wood. May contain resin pockets.
Uses: Furniture, window frames, panelling, floors and roofing, the resin of is a source of turpentine. Type of wood Soft
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Oak
Uses: Good-quality furniture, interior woodwork.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin Europe Properties and features: Tough and durable. Finishes well but stains in contact with steel.
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Ash
Uses: Tool handles, sports equipment, wooden ladders.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin Europe Properties and features: Tough and flexible – can be bent if steamed. Open grain.
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Source Natural
Beech
Uses: Some furniture, especially chairs; toys; wooden parts of tools.
Type of wood Hard
Origin Europe Properties and features: Close-grained, hard-wearing and strong. Finishes well.
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Source Natural
Birch
Uses: Main timber used for plywood.
Type of wood Hard
Origin Europe & North AmericaProperties and features: Fairly soft and easy to work. Open grain.
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Cherry
Uses: Good-quality furniture.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin Europe & North AmericaProperties and features: Fairly close grain. Easy to work.
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Elm
Uses: Indoor and outdoor furniture.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin Europe & North AmericaProperties and features: Open and sometimes interlocking grain. Tough and durable, resists splitting, durable in water.
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Iroko
Uses: Garden furniture, science benches.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin West Africa
Properties and features: Strong, fairly hard, durable, open grain.
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Mahogany
Uses: Good-quality furniture.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin Equatorial countriesProperties and features: Durable and easy to work but with some difficult interlocking grain. Alternatives woods include sapele and utile.
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Meranti
Uses: Interior joinery. Used for making plywood.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin South-Eastern Asia
Properties and features: Fairly strong and durable. Splits easily when sawing.
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Obeche
Uses: Some parts of furniture; the core of plywood.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin West Africa
Properties and features: Soft, light, not very durable, straight, open grain.
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Sapele
Uses: Good quality furniture.
Source Natural
Type of wood Hard
Origin West Africa
Properties and features: Hard and closed grained, often stripy grain pattern.
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Type of wood Hard
Teak
Uses: High-quality indoor and outdoor furniture; boat-building; science benches.
Source Natural Origin Indian subcontinent Properties and features: Strong and durable. Resistant to moisture. Colour darkens when exposed to light.
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Production: Tiny particles of timber are glued together and compressed with a resin adhesive.
Cost Low
MDF
Uses: Furniture, kitchen units, flooring.
Source Man Made
Properties: A solid and stable board that has a wide range of uses and can be produced economically. Easily damaged by moister.
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Production: By laminating several smaller pieces of timber, a single large, strong, structural member is manufactured from smaller pieces.
Cost High
Glue laminated
Uses: Used for roof, lintel and floor beams, columns and rafters in almost any type of structure.
Source Man Made
Properties: Very strong. More environmentally friendly that concrete/steel beams. Can be shaped.
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Production: Thin laminates of wood glued together. Each layer is at right angle to the grain of the other.
Cost Low
Plywood
Uses: Furniture and toys. Interior and external varies available.
Source Man Made
Properties: Flat, stable boards with constant strength and thickness. Quite flexible, especially if there are thinner sheets.
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Chipboard
Uses: Often used in kitchens when a protective and decorative surface has been added.
Properties: Cheap board that is difficult to join and is not very strong. Easily damaged by moister. Edges are easily damaged and need protection.
Production: Lots of tiny chips of timber are mixed with glue and compressed into sheets.
Source Man Made
Cost Low
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Production: Strips of softwood glued side by side and then a covering veneer is added to both sides.
Cost Low
Blockboard
Uses: Furniture.
Source Man Made
Properties: Very strong and stable board.