Stock forms and standard components

• Stock forms and standard components

  • Lier metal
  • Polymers
• Timber forms

  • Planks
  • Strips
  • Mouldings
  • Boards
• Timber

  Wood that has been trimmed into a useful form
• Planed square edge (PSE) timber

  • Rough surfaces shaved off with an electric planer to give smooth surfaces and sharp corners
• Rough sawn timber

  • Not smoothed after it's cut, so it's cheaper and useful for construction work where it won't be visible
• Mouldings

  Strips that come in a range of cross-sections, used for skirting boards, door frames, picture frames, etc.
• Manufactured boards (MDF, plywood, blockboard, etc.)

  • Usually available in 2440 x 1220 mm sheets (although you can get smaller sizes), common thicknesses are 4, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 mm
• Metal shapes

  • Bars
  • Sheets
  • Strips
  • U-shaped
  • I-shaped
  • Channel
  • Girder
• Metals are commonly available in a wide range of shapes and sizes, because it can be very difficult to convert one shape to another
• Metal shapes used for golf club shafts

  • Tubes
• Polymer forms

  • Granulated
  • Powdered
  • Sheets
  • Tubes
  • Rods
  • Films
  • Granules
• Polymers

  • Some are available in standard widths, lengths and thicknesses (or lengths and diameters), some thin polymers are available in different gauges (standard thicknesses) which gives an indication of how strong the polymer will be