Exam 10: Panel Products

Plywood sheets that are 4 feet by 8 feet are most common.

____ fiberboard is usually referred to by the acronym MDF.

Each sheet has a face grade, which appears on the front of the sheet and is numbered 1, 2, 3, or 4.

____ is created by mixing wood fibers with resin and bonding them together by radio-frequency adhesion or heat.

Fastener-holding ability varies among the panel products.

Since there is less continuous grain, ____ core plywood is less likely to distort, but it is not as stable as panel cores that have no grain direction at all.

Particleboard is not as dense as either hardboard or MDF, but it is an adequate and less expensive alternative.

The type of ____ used in plywood determines both its degree of stability and its ability to hold fasteners.

Melamine has the advantage of requiring no finishing, as the ____ paper acts as a finished surface.

____-tipped tools are a good investment when doing much work with MDF.

____ is not as dense as either hardboard or MDF, but it is an adequate and less expensive alternative.

____ is produced in different widths to accommodate the thickness of the panel product, and it is matched to the face veneer of the panel, so that the final product has the look of a solid board.

____ core holds fasteners the best of the three core types.

____ is a thermally fused, resin-saturated paper finish applied over a particleboard core.

Some ____ products, such as melamine, are more mar and scratch resistant than others.

Low-density fiberboard is primarily used by cabinetmakers.

Cabinet-grade plywood provides the look of solid wood but is less time consuming to work with and therefore less expensive to use.

High-density fiberboard is often referred to as ____.

Like MDF, particleboard is often used as a substrate for ____.

____ is composed of small wood flakes, chips, and shavings bonded together with adhesive.