The Characteristics, Kinds, & Uses of Wood

• What are the characteristics of a wood?

  Grain, Texture, Color, and Weight
• What are the 5 types of Grain

  Straight Grain, Crossed Grain, Wavy Grain, Interlocked Grain, and Knotty Grain
• Refers to the direction and alignment of a wood's fibers resulting from the growth of a tree.

  Grain
• What are the 3 textures of wood?

  Fine, Medium, Rough
• Is the smoothness or roughness of the surface of the wood.

  Texture
• What are the colors of wood?

  Pale whites and yellows, dark brown, and reds
• What is the weight of a light wood

  14-24 pounds per cubic foot
• What is the weight of a heavy wood?

  74-85 pounds per cubic foot
• What are the 2 kinds of wood?

  Hard wood and Soft wood
• Comes from deciduous trees, trees that shed their leaves annually as part of their natural life cycle, typically in the autumn

  Hard wood
• What are the kinds of hard wood?

  Oak, Maple, Mahogany, Cherry, Walnut, Rose Wood, Teak
• The most commonly used hard wood. A Heavy, strong, and light colored wood. It is advisable in making furniture or designs.

  Oak
• Commonly used for bowling alley floors because of its hardness and high resistance. Maple wood also has a fine texture and even grains.

  Maple
• A strong and uniform pore structure, reddish-brown in color. Good for wood crafting and furniture making.

  Mahogany
• A moderate, hard, strong closed-grain. Light to red-brown in color and best for styling and designing woods for craft and furniture.

  Cherry
• Popular in cabinet making for its durability; with the common color of light to dark chocolate brown with fine texture and wavy grain.

  Walnut
• A very hard wood with a dark reddish color, with a good smell and fine grain. Best used for musical instruments.

  Rose wood
• A yellow to dark-brown hardwood that is extremely strong, heavy, and durable with straight grain and best for furniture and designs.

  Teak
• Comes from coniferous trees, trees that bear cones and typically have needle-like or scale-like leaves.

  Soft wood
• A soft, white, or pale-yellow wood which is light weight and straight grained. Commonly constructed for furniture.

  Pine
• A hard, heavy ring porous wood, widely used for structural frames.

  Ash
• A strong, heavy with tiny pores, and inexpensive wood with reddish-brown color used for frames and other wood designs.

  Beech
• A heavy, close grained wood with a light brown-reddish color. Best for designing and frameworks.

  Birch
• It is used for structural parts.

  Hickory
• Red-brown in color with light streaks used for lining drawers, chests, and boxes.

  Cedar
• Resistant to deterioration due to sunlight, moisture, and insects, used in making outdoor craft, furniture, and decoration.

  Red wood
• Light in weight with uniform texture and has low resistance from decay; used in furniture, doors, and home designs.

  Hemlock
• What are the kinds of soft wood?

  Pine, Ash, Beech, Birch, Hickory, Cedar, Red wood, Hemlock
• What are the uses of wood?

  Tools, weapons, fuel for cooking and warmth, building shelters, wooden wheels, wooden ships, furniture, kitchen utensils
• Is a unit of measurement used in the lumber industry to quantify the volume of wood. It's commonly used to measure the volume of lumber, especially in the United States and Canada.

  Board foot
• What are the types of lumber

  Boards, Planks, Timber
• Lumber with less than 2 inches in thickness, 16 inches or less in width, and 24 feet or less in length.

  Boards
• Lumber with 5 inches or less in thickness, 20 inches or less in width, and 40 feet or less in length.

  Planks
• Lumber with 6 inches or more in thickness, 6 inches or more in width, and 40 feet or longer in length.

  Timber
• What is the formula to find board feet?

  T × W × L / 12 = Board Feet