How to make a furniture shield with your own hands?

Furniture made from natural wood is very expensive, so not everyone can buy it. And such analogues as MDF and chipboard are rather short-lived, therefore the shelf life of products reaches only a few years. The most acceptable and budget option is to make furniture from a furniture board. In addition, that this material is quite strong, it also harmoniously fits into the interior of the room, regardless of the style direction of design. But, unfortunately, because of standard sizes, a furniture board does not always fit the production of non-standard furniture models, so it's much easier to make it yourself. If you still decided, our specialists will tell you how to make a furniture shield with your own hands at home.

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What is a furniture shield?

Furniture panel is one of the types of wood materials that are produced by gluing of planed bars made entirely of wood. This material is distinguished by a rather high strength and ecological compatibility, due to which it is equated with a wood massif. The difference is only in a kind of chess pattern, which is obtained due to the joining of the beams. The furniture board is used not only for the manufacture of wooden furniture, but also in the finishing and construction spheres.

Important! Working with a furniture board requires the presence of at least basic carpentry skills and knowledge, since improper processing or use of this material can lead to deformation of the finished product.

Advantages of using a furniture board:

• Environmentally friendly. It is not an allergen and does not release toxic substances into the environment.
• Finished furniture looks very nice and similar to products that are made from solid wood.
• Practicality. Even if any damage to the fittings has occurred, due to the homogeneity of the structure of the tree, it can easily be repaired.
• High service life of finished products.
• Due to the natural structure of the wood, the aesthetic properties are improved.
• Uncharacteristic formation of cracks, shrinkage and various defects during the operation of finished products from the furniture board.
• Ability to create a future piece of furniture of the right size and model.
• Furniture made of this material, regulates the level of humidity and absorbs harmful substances.

Kinds of furniture boards

Depending on the manufacturing technology, the following types are distinguished:

• One-piece. Such a shield consists of spliced ​​lamellas, the combination of which forms an integral surface. Because of its integrity and strength, this species is also called single-layered or massive. For its manufacture use only wooden slats, bars or boards. They are glued together only in the direction of the fibers. The thickness of the finished shield varies from 1.5 to 6 centimeters.
• Fused type. This kind is made exclusively from small bars, which glue together in length or width. The thickness of such a shield varies from 1.1 to 6 centimeters.

Important! In a fused-type furniture panel, the number of middle layers should be only odd and with strict symmetry during laying.

Also, depending on the quality of wood processing, furniture boards are divided into classes:

• AA;
• AB;
• A-C;
• B-B;
• B-C;
• C-C.

Important! In this case:

• Grade A - a complete imitation of the natural texture of the tree;
• Grade B - uniformity of the surface, absence of defects;
• Grade C - the presence of small knots and mechanical damage.

The highest class provides for a complete absence of jags, various deformations and damaged areas on the surface. A middle class furniture panel is characterized by a low price and the presence of a small number of knots on the surface. Low class is characterized by the use of poor quality wood and the presence of knots and surface defects.

Materials in the base

Before you glue the furniture panel with your own hands, you should consider the type of wood used to make it:

• Pine. Due to the presence of a large amount of glue in the wood, the finished furniture board is characterized by high strength and elasticity.
• Oak. Such boards are designed for the production of load-lifting frames, since they have rather high strength. Because of its beautiful texture, it is an ideal option for making furniture. The only drawback is the high price.
• Larch. Also suitable for further furniture manufacturing. Has a beautiful wood texture, a wide variety of different color shades. The most important advantage of such a material is a high resistance to moisture, respectively - not putrefying.
• chipboard. Furniture boards made of this material are characterized by rather low strength, budget price and high moisture exposure.

Important! A chipboard based on chipboard is not safe because of the presence of binder resins in this material.

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How to make a furniture board from a tree with your own hands?

The process of manufacturing a furniture board is quite simple, even at home. The most important thing is the availability of the right tools and the ability to use them.

Required Inventory

For woodwork, you should prepare the following tools and materials:

• Circular Saw;
• Drill;
• Milling machine;
• Long range
• Electric shank;
• Belt and surface grinding machine;

Important! If you do not have the opportunity to buy these machines, then an excellent analogue will be sandpaper, put on the shoe. A significant drawback of this method is the duration of the grinding process.

• Rysmus;
• Roulette;
• Clamps;
• Level;
• Hammer;
• Pencil;
• Timber;
• Adhesive for furniture boards;
• Plywood or thin slats.

Important! When choosing sawn timber for the manufacture of furniture boards should take boards thickness of 2.5 centimeters. This is due to the fact that before gluing they will be prone to polishing, because of which the width of the bar will decrease by 0.5 centimeters.

Step-by-step instruction on gluing the furniture board

After you have prepared the necessary inventory, you can proceed directly to work.

• Place the boards in the desired position in such a way that the annual rings are optimally located. Ophupate the ends of the boards.

Important! In order not to forget the correct layout of the boards, before drawing, draw a triangle on the surface.

• Next is the process of gluing. In order for it to pass much faster, you can fold the boards into a bundle, just a few edges at once glue with glue.

Important! To ensure that the glue does not quickly dry out, and you have more time to harvest the workpiece, you can wrap the smudged areas with a plastic bag.

• Using clamp, pull off the glued wood.
• Dry the finished workpiece and grind it, while removing the traces of glue.

Important! To remove the wood pile from the finished product, it is possible to cover the surface with water, due to which it will rise and it will be easily removed during grinding.

Basic ways of connecting logging plots of the

board In order to cope with the warping of the panel caused by the lumberiness of the lumber, you can use the following methods:

• Bonding of lamellas on dowels or use of finishing tips. This type of fastening is used to fix short boards. In this case, a tip with a groove-comb assembly is used, which is connected flush with the lamellas.

Important! Depending on the further application of the product, the tip may be protruding over one or both layers.

• If the future product is located in a room with high humidity, it is not necessary to connect the workpiece with glue. Best in this case, to compensate for the swelling of wood, use rallying.
• Depending on the future of the product, strips can be used to make the workpiece.
• Powerful coupling is used if the future product will be used in high humidity and with a constant mechanical load.
• Bonding on dowels. This method requires the mandatory use of a drill stand and stop so that the holes are located with perfect accuracy. This is due to the fact that due to improper placement, the geometry of the future product will be disrupted.

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Useful advices for

In order for you to work easily and the finished product went the way you wanted to see it, we offer you some useful tips that will greatly facilitate the process.

• When choosing the material for the manufacture of the shield, try to pick up bars with little or no knots.
• For a more neat look of the future product and reduce the warping of the board, try to maximize the thickness of the board.
• Rotate the orientation of the annual rings.
• Choose boards or bars with the presence of straight lines of the texture of the picture. This is due to the fact that such material is less distorted.
• Before joining the workpiece, form ridges and dowels on the edges of the logs. In this way, you align the front of the parts.
• In order to avoid the appearance of sags, use clamping bars during gluing.

The independent manufacture of a furniture board is a rather painstaking process. But if you have at least a little practice with wood, you can make a blank for making different pieces of furniture quite easily and in a short time. The most important thing is to follow the above instructions, thanks to which you not only create a high-quality product, but also significantly save the family budget.