D&T Materials (Woods)

A stock form is...

• A standard form that you can buy materials in for shaping and using (boards / sheets / rods / tubes etc)

• The biggest amount you can buy a material in

• The raw form of the material

Select all of the positives of buying a material in stock form.

• Cheaper to buy

• It's more expensive then choosing your own sizes

• It provides consistency in size and quality

• It's lighter

Select the next stage in the process of making paper:

1. Trees are cut and shredded

2. Water is added

3...

• Chemicals and dyes are added

• Mixture is boiled up to make wood pulp

• Pulp is poured over fine mesh and squeezed between rollers

Tick all examples of Paper & Cardboard

• Layout and tracing

• MDF

• Foil Lined board

• Cartridge

• Fibreboard

Deciduous trees... (select all that apply)

• Produce Hardwood

• Produce Softwood

• Drop their leaves annually

• Have needles that stay all year round

Coniferous trees... (select all that apply)

• Produce Hardwood

• Produce Softwood

• Generally grow quite quickly

• Generally grow more slowly

Examples of Manufactured Boards include...

• MDF, Pine, Oak

• Corrugated board, MDF, Plywood

• Cartridge, Plywood, MDF

• MDF, Block Board, Plywood

MDF stands for...

• Medium Density Fibreboard

• Mid Density Fibreboard

• Medium Density Flatboard

• Mid Dust Fibreboard

Identify the softwood...

• Oak

• Teak

• Spruce

• Beech

Identify the stock thicknesses that Manufactured Boards are provided in...

• 2mm, 4mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm

• 4mm, 8mm, 12mm, 16mm, 20mm

• 6mm, 12mm, 18mm, 24mm, 30mm

• 3mm, 6mm, 9mm, 12mm, 15mm