1. Furniture CONSTRUCTION
Objective 5.02

2. Bell Ringer /7
Number your paper 1- 4
Identify each Furniture Style…

3. Review: What Style is it?

4. Review: What Style is it?

5. Review: What Style is it?

6. Review: What Style is it?

7. Objective
Critique components of quality furniture construction

8. Outline/Vocab (on your course outline sheet)
A. Materials 1. Wood a. Solid wood b. Veneered c. Pressed 2. Plastic 3. Metal 4. Rattan, wicker and bamboo 5. Glass 6. Upholstery 7. Frames and springs

9. Outline/Vocab (on your course outline sheet)
B. Joints 1. Butt 2. Mortise and Tenon 3. Dovetail 4. Tongue and groove 5. Corner block 6. Dowel 7. Mitered C. Finishes 1. Stain 2. Paint 3. Protection

10. Materials
There are various materials used to make Furniture. We will discuss the main ones…

11. Solid Wood:
All exposed parts of a piece of furniture are made of whole pieces of wood

12. Wood Veneer: Made by bonding thin layers of wood together
Often uses fine wood for top layer
Does not warp like solid wood
Walnut veneered chest of drawers has a surface covered with thin sheets of walnut wood

13. Pressed wood:
Made from wood shavings & other small pieces of wood

14. Wood grain: This pattern is formed as the tree grows
Greatly influences the construction of furniture

15. Plastic: Less expensive than wood; lightweight, sturdy, easy to clean
Best in contemporary settings

16. Metal: Popular for indoor and outdoor furniture
Wrought iron, steel, cast aluminum, chrome

17. Rattan, Wicker, Bamboo
Combine natural wood frames with woven stems or branches

18. Glass Should be tempered for safety and durability
Usually combined with metal or wood
Used for table tops and cabinet doors

19. Upholstered Furniture:
Most or all exposed surfaces of a furniture piece are covered with fabric

20. Upholstered Furniture:
Frames:
Should be composed of solid hard wood in quality- upholstered furniture
Springs:
Should be retied when a chair is recovered to prevent the chair from sagging

21. Finishes
Stain:
Adds color without covering the natural grain

22. Finishes
Paint:
Used to cover the grain of less expensive woods

23. Finishes
Protection:
Lacquer and polyurethane

24. Joints Butt: Weakest joint
One board is simply nailed or glued flush to another board

25. Joints Mortise and Tenon: One of the strongest joints
Glued tenon fits tightly into the mortise or hole
Found in strong, well-made chairs

26. Joints Dovetail: A joint that can take strong pulls or strains
Excellent when constructing quality drawers
Corners of drawers are joined by interlacing notches of wood

27. Joints Tongue and groove:
A tongue is cut on one board, a matching groove on another
Used for tabletops - invisible

28. Joints
Corner block:
Best joint for securing the frame in upholstered furniture

29. Joints
Dowels:
Small wooden pegs are glued into the holes of pieces of wood being joined

30. Joints
Mitered:
Two edges are cut at 45 degree angles and joined to form a square corner

31. Activity #1
Wood Joints Worksheet
Keep in Notebooks…

32. Remaining Time
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