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Once the furniture is made using one piece of wood without the connection to be more robust because of thick. Because of the limited supply of wood and then people make furniture using wood to be joined in a row. Now wood is increasingly scarce so that any wood waste utilized and processed into plywood, MDF, HDF, particle board and then made into furniture.

Until now, wood furniture is the type most widely used in the household. From chairs, tables, beds, storage cabinets in the kitchen even had to use wood furniture. To get the quality and price you want, it’s good to know you kind of wood materials and their advantages and the less before deciding to make or buy furniture.
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Wood furniture represents the strongest materials and most durable than wood. However, a limited supply so the price is very expensive. Workmanship process also requires special skills. Drying must be perfect to avoid the expansion properties of wood shrinkage. Wood commonly used in Indonesia for the furniture is teak, nyatoh wood, and several other timber species like mahogany, pine, ramin and cedar.

Teak wood is the most popular because of its quality, wood on weather conditions, resistant to termites, and the fiber of interest. This timber is a timber class that many processed into classy furniture. This type of furniture was in great demand by foreign residents so that export demand is increasing from year to year.

Color-sungkai so is light brown, gray brown to reddish brown. Though hard and strong wood is easily cut and shaped. In order for the beauty of the wood fiber and natural-looking veins, his finishing can use camphor, melamik or PU (polyurethane).

Sungkai wood is increasingly popular use as a substitute for the expensive teak. Fiber is softer and the colors were brighter than teak. Sungkai wood suitable for furniture in the room. Although cheaper than teak but still more expensive than wood nyatoh.

Nyatoh wood commonly called the young teak numerous in the province of Riau. Brown wood fibers with a typical stroke. This wood is also resistant to termite attack and durable.

plywood-wood plywood are usually familiar with plywood or multiplex title. Plywood is formed from several sheets of wood glued together with high pressure. The thick vary from starting 3 mm, 4 mm, 9 mm and 18 mm and its range 244 x 122 cm. Plywood thickness determine the strength and stability.

Wood type is most widely used material in making kitchen set, cabinets, tables, and beds. Therefore, plywood has a plain surface and do not have the typical fiber is sometimes need to be given an additional coating like venner (thinly sliced wood) or PVC melamine to. The price of plywood is cheaper than solid wood but is more expensive than other wood.

Blockboard is cut into small wooden boxes (about 2.5 – 5 cm) was compacted by machinery and given venner coating on both sides so the piece resembles a plank. The thickness can be 12 mm, 15 mm and 18 mm and its range equal to the multiplex.

Blockboard usually made of soft wood that is not as strong as plywood. The price was slightly below the plywood. Type of block board available were teakblok (wearing layers of teak venner). Good enough to make a shelf, cabinet or kitchen set.

MDF is made of fine wood dust and chemical resin bonded and compacted at high temperatures and pressures. Wood used is usually taken from the waste wood or bamboo plantations. This makes it more environmentally friendly MDF. In form of boards or sheets yan ready cut in accordance with needs. Version is more solid and stronger known as HDF (High Density fibreboard).

MDF is very flexible so easily formed. Size and strong consistent. However, due to wear chemical resin, MDF is heavier than plywood and particle board. In the market of MDF has a variation types of finishing paint wood, venner, PVC, HPL laminate or paper. Color and motives can be very diverse

MDF furniture that uses materials commonly used for practical furniture mass produced by the factory. Knock down system used in almost all furniture industry using dowel (a small piece of wood or plastic) or a connecting bolt that makes the product can be assembled easily.

Particle board is made from residual particles such as sawdust and wood work, small pieces of wood, wood chips and chemicals resin bonded by high pressure and then dried. The process is more or less similar to the MDF material only more subtle copy-board board while the particle is more rough and irregular.

Price particle board cheapest among other processed wood. The biggest enemy is water that has limitations in its use in the household. If the material is wet then the power will be lost. Also particle board can also be curved if withstand heavy loads.

In the process of the particle can not finish in the paint or coating because the rough texture. So as to cover the worn surface layer of veneer, laminate or fancy paper bonded laminate. Also cautious because of the particle board can not be combined using common nails or screws. Usually, manufacturers use glue or screws as specifically for installing furniture made from particle board.