Design Nomenclature / Physical Model Making

MDF

Also called medium-density fibreboard, medium density fiberboard, fibreboard

This entry has not been translated yet and is shown in English.

Wood fibre and resin pressed into a homogeneous panel with no grain and no voids, which is why it machines to a crisp edge in any direction. The default for patterns, jigs and vacuum-forming bucks. The cut edge drinks paint, the dust is genuinely hazardous, and it swells irreversibly the first time it gets wet.

Section through an MDF panel. The core is drawn as an even, featureless fibre matrix with no laminations or voids, denser at both faces; the machined edge is shown as porous and open.

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BuckChipboardJigLaser cuttingPatternPrimerVacuum formingMDF
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