Wood

Melamine and MDF are both widely used in furniture and cabinetry construction. Melamine is known for its durability, easy maintenance, cost-effectiveness, and variety of finishes, but it has limited structural strength, is prone to chipping and peeling, is difficult to repair, and is less eco-friendly. MDF (Medium-density Fiberboard) on the other hand, offers better structural … Read more

Whether you engage in woodworking as a hobby or profession, you will encounter different materials other than wood. Knowing how to work with non-wood materials will give you an added advantage in your chosen skill. We are all familiar with plywood. However, another material that appears frequently is melamine. Although you may be familiar with … Read more

A woodworker expects to work with wood. That is an indisputable fact. However, how do we define wood? In a broader sense, we call wood in the form of raw material timber or lumber. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines timber as: “wood suitable for building or for carpentry.” The wood described here usually is solid wood … Read more

Any woodworker is likely to work a lot with wood veneers, especially those who work on wooden furniture. A veneer is a thin slice of fine, expensive wood that we typically apply to cheaper wood. The purpose of using veneer is that we get the finish of expensive wood at a fraction of the cost. … Read more

A veneer is a thinly-sliced wood that is fixed to wooden surfaces to give them the appearance of solid wood. A veneer is very thin, usually with a thickness of less than an eighth of an inch. The veneer is bonded to a substrate also usually made from an affordable type of wood giving it … Read more