Manufactured Boards

Manufactered boards are cheap and come in all shapes and sizes. They can be cut into any shape and are always exact. There are no knots and can be laminated to look like real wood.

Plywood
Plys are placed on top of one another with perpendicular grains. This strengthens the board from all angles. This makes it quite strong.

Chip Board
Chips, from waste wood, are stuck together with resin. Very economically friendly as it reuses waste. Moderatly strong, light weight, but absorbs water and will swell up.

Sterling Board
Really cheap board used on building site. Very weak. Used to cover windows. Made from waste wood.

MDF
Wood fobres stuck together with urea formaldahyde. Toxic when burnt or cut. Can be flexible and is very cheap.

Block Board
Thicker and heavier than plywood, made from long thick strips of waste wood, then laminated. Quite strong but rough and ugly.

Hexa Board
Very grippy, used for outdoor flooring. Quite strong.