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Furniture and Joinery
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Furniture

• Furniture design requires a synthesis of grace,
  function, structure material.
• As portable elements used throughout a building,
  furniture must be strong, reliable and
  attractive.

Stackable chairs bent wood
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Structural capacity

• Fine furniture requires particular consideration
  of form, material and connection.
• Joints must be designed to resist the applied
  loads.
• Material quality must match these demands.

Inventive chair
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Quality of finish

• Close to the eye and the touch of the hand,
  furniture generally demands a higher level of
  finish and connection than other artifacts.
• Material quality must also match these demands.

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Material

• Timber products used in furniture include
• Solid timber
• Usually high grade dressed or moulded.
• Veneer and veneered board
• Leaf veneer and selected veneers laid on a sheet
  substrate.
• Plywood
• Other sheet material
• Medium density fibreboard or hardboard.

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Lectern book matched Huon pine top
Cathedral chair granite and Huon pine
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Seat Huon pine with dovetail joint
Pews laminated Tasmanian oak
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Study benches solid hardwood
Hinged reading stand
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Shelving veneered wood panel
Sideboard solid myrtle
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Theatre seating moulded plywood
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Chair joint detail
Coffee table solid timber and figured veneer on
board
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Joinery

• Joinery is detailed elements fixed to the frame
  or structure of the buildings.
• The required quality of assembly and finish
  ranges from simple and utilitarian to levels
  rivaling fine furniture.

Kitchen joinerylaminate top with solid timber
doors trims
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Materials

• Timber products used in joinery include
• Solid timber
• Dressed, or moulded
• Veneer and veneered board
• Leaf veneer and selected veneers laid on a sheet
  substrate.
• Plywood
• Other sheet material
• Medium density fibreboard, or hardboard.

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Carcass assembly

• Benches and cupboard carcasses can be assembled
  as joinery modules from wood sheet material such
  as MDF and particleboard.

General kitchen bench arrangement
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Carcass assembly

• Sheets may be melamine or laminate finished.
• Visible elements, such as doors and bench tops
  may be finished separately.

General kitchen bench section
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Standard joinery arrangements
General elevation and section of benches and
overhead cupboards
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Fixing joinery to the frame
Nogging or blocking is required in frames to fix
joinery securely
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Detailing of door to carcass
The arrangement of the junction of door and frame
influences the units final appearance
Door finishes in front of a concealed joinery
frame
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Detailing of door to carcass
Door finishes flush with the face of a
surrounding joinery frame
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Specialist assembly details
Rebate
Dowel
Housed
Dovetail
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Bench top option
Fiberboard top with laminate surface and timber
edge
Laminated solid timber
Fiberboard top with laminate surface and edge
Fiberboard top with laminate surface and edge
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Residential
Kitchen laminated bench tops
Shelving plywood
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Recreational
Bar counter laminated hardwood
Bar counter veneered board with metal trim
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Corporate
Inbuilt shelving veneered board
Drawer detail figured veneer
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Retail
Display frames and cases plywood and local
hardwoods
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Compact commercial
Workstations MDF, veneer aluminium
Boardroom MDF, veneer aluminium
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Promotional
Lamps curved veneer
Show stand furniture and solid hardwood
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