Blockboard is made up of softwood strips and veneers. They are manufactured by placing softwood strips edge to edge and sandwiched between veneers and then this sandwich is glued together with high pressure. Blockboards are generally used to make wardrobe doors, doors, paneling, and partition walls.
How is Blockboard made step by step?
Followings are the steps of blockboard processing:
- Slicing. The logs of timber are sliced at first for making the raw of blocks. ...
- Rotary Cutting. For outer layer, logs are cut at rotary cutting. ...
- Gluing. To attach the slices glue or adhesives are used eg. ...
- Drying. ...
- Attaching. ...
- Finishing.
What are the disadvantages of blockboard?
Disadvantages of Blockboard
- Block boards are lighter in weight so not much dependable hard material.
- They are weaker, don't have long durability.
- The unwanted gap between softwood strips make them difficult to work for carpenters.
- Screwing and nailing must be done carefully otherwise it may crack.
