Desciption | Material |
Hardener used to produce a cast | |
Has insulating properties, can keep moisture in/out | |
Iron and very small amount of carbon, rusts very quickly | |
Made from liner board, has a fluted sheet, cheap, one colour | |
Light, very hard, easy to work with, straight grained hardwood | |
Tough and lightly textured, 100-135 gsm, coloured pencils work well | |
Open grained, easy to work with, pale cream, can be laminated | |
Bright silver, resistant to corrosion | |
Hard and translucent, usually 50 gsm, spirit based markers work well | |
Reddish-brown, easy to work with | |
Hard, straight grained, few knots, expensive | |
Oily, durable, golden brown, highly resistant to moisture | |
Straight grained but knotty, cheap, fairly strong | |
Smooth surface, easily manipulated, often fire or water resistant | |
Cheap particle board, can have laminated surface | |
Very weak, resistant to corrosion | |
Made from chips of wood glued together, usually veneered | |
Re melted pig iron, strong in compression | |
| Desciption | Material |
Strong board, grains glued at right angles to each other | |
Central layer made from timber, used where heavier structures are needed | |
AKA 'high carbon steel', is strong and hard | |
High content of other elements, resistant to wear | |
Light, polish-able, anodised to protect surface | |
Reddish-brown, can turn green, ductile, malleable | |
Precious metal, tarnishes | |
Strong, high quality board, made from pure bleached wood pulp | |
Hard, yellow metal, made up of 65% ? & 35% ? | |
Heat resistent polymer | |
Pure wood pulp, bleached on one side, usually 250-500 gsm | |
Colourless polymer | |
Alloy of iron, 18% chromium, doesn't rust | |
Hard wearing plastic, coloured with pigments | |
Natural fibre, strong and absorbant | |
Can be laminated together, 200 gsm+, usually recycled, | |
Found on moths cocoon, strong fibre | |
Very strong, light brown, open grained, very hard, easy to work with | |
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