Manufactured boards

Plywood

Plywood is an engineered wood product made from thin sheets of wood veneer. It is commonly used instead of timber because of it strength and superior resistance to cracking, shrinkage, twisting and warping. Plywood, depending on how thick it is can be malleable, plywood comes in a range of thicknesses, from 6.5mm – 35mm. Plywood has multiple end uses including:

Skateboard ramps
Indoor furniture
Garage doors
House boats
Skateboards
Plywood can even be as a cement casting, this is normally made from shuttering plywood, a very cheap wood.

Hardboard

Hardboard also called high-density fibreboard is a type of fibreboard, which is an engineered wood product. It is similar to particle board and medium-density fibreboard but is a lot denser and stronger than it because it is made out of exploded wood fibres that have been heavily compressed. Hardboard can come in a range of thicknesses ranging from 3mm thick – 6.4mm thick.

Hardboard can be used for plenty of things such as:

Flooring
Furniture
Automobiles
Skateboard ramps
Clipboards

Chipboard

Chipboard, also known as particle board, is an engineered wood product manufactured from wood chips, sawmill shavings, or even saw dust, and a synthetic resin such as glue or other suitable binder, which is pressed and then extruded. Chipboard comes in 12mm –18mm thickness. There are plenty of things that chip board can be used in, these include:

Indoor furniture
Flooring
Counter tops
Doors
Packaging

Block board
Block board is a wood that is made up of loads of wooden block strips. The places are placed edge-to-edge and are compressed between wooden veneers while being glued. Block board usually comes in a 28mm- 30mm thick board. These are multiple uses for block board, these are:

Tables
Doors
Shelves
Panelling
Partitioning walls