Wood is one of the most commonly used
materials in the world, and almost any type
of wood can be used to build furniture and
buildings! Each type of wood has its own unique
characteristics whic h is different degrees of
warmth, emphasis and beauty to its surrounding
decor. Theres two type of wood that commonly
used is softwood and hardwood.
SOFTWOOD
Basically, softwood come from conifer trees (trees
that have needles and do not produce seeds) such as
pine wood, spruce wood, cedar wood, fir wood and
larch wood. Pine Wood is a white pine wood that
popular projects from craft to home construction.
Spruce Wood is over 35 species of spruce trees
troughout the world and it easily accesible wood
for constitution. Quality of Cedar wood is density
and light weight to make it an excellent choose in
construction. Fir Wood especially Douglas Fir,
accounts for ine fourth of all comber produced used
in timber, plywood, house lags and pasts.
HARDWOOD
Harwood came from broad-leaved trees (deciduous
trees that drop their leaves every year and produces
seeds). Hardwood are always hard, popular and
basswood, much darker in colour. Commonly more
expensive than softwood such as mahagony, walnut,
oak, ash, birch, maple, and cherry.
Mahagony Wood is tropical hardwood
typically fond throughout Mexico, central Amerika
and the Amazon rain forest. Walnut Wood provides
a hardwood with good grain colour and it is easy to
work with furniture. Oak Wood is a hard open grain
wood is extremely durable and rehistant to insect
damage. Ash Wood has the ability to bent into all
wide variety of shapes and is resistant to breaking
or splitting under pressure. Birch Wood are found
accross most the mountain at Canada, numeruos
crosstreaks and a thin papery bark make this one
of the most easily recognizable hardwood trakcs.
Maple Wood is popular choice furniture production,
challanges in finishing especially in the application
of stain. Cherry Wood serves a ornamental, fruit
bearing tree that is also source for a red wood poular
in furniture construction.
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