Top 10 common uses of wood in our daily life
Take a look at some interesting uses of wood. Nowadays, the idea of using different objects in different ways becomes very popular. Today, we are going to see what is wood used for in some unexpected and even peculiar ways.
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The uses of wood
Such material as wood has multiple uses. That’s not a new fact, because wood has been used since the ancient times and it still remains in the modern civilization.
Today, we are going to present you with the 10 common uses of wood that all of us know, but it’s not too bad to remind you about them in any case.
Top 10 uses of wood
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Home construction
Domestic constructions made out of wood were popular many years ago and are still widely used. Commonly, wood in home construction is used like the flooring, frames of the doors and windows and so on. There are a lot of types of wood that can be used in this sphere. For example: Deodar (Cedrus deodara), walnut wood (Juglans sp), teak (Tectona grandis), pine (Pinus roxburghii), mango tree (Mangifera indica), burflower tree (Neolamarckia cadamba).
Fencing and decorating gardens
It’s a very fashionable trend nowadays to decorate your home and garden. And when it comes to this, such material as wood is a perfect decision. It is very popular for the fencing as well. And as for wooden decorations, you can be creative and do whatever you like to decorate your home, garden, roofs and so on. The best kind of wood to use for such purposes are Cedar (Cedrus libani) and a redwood (Sequoia semipervirens).
Making utensils
For adding some charm to your home interior, try to use wood instead of plastic and steel for your utensils. The best looking option in this case is black walnut tree (Juglans nigra). It is the best for home utensils.
Creating art
It is not a secret that the wood is widely used in statues, sculptures, carvings and making the decorative objects. Also, you may notice that the frames of art boards and color plates are made mostly out of wood. The best types of wood are pine (Pinus sp), maple (Acer sp), cherry tree (Prunus sp).
Making musical instruments
Most of musical instruments, for example, piano, violin, cello, guitar and many others just have to be made out of wood, because it creates a perfect tune. And as always, some examples of the best fitting wood: mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), maple, ash wood (Fraxinus sp). All of them work the best for guitars.
Making toys and sports equipment
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Today it’s very popular to use wooden toys. First, it’s a trendy thing, and as a plus, such toys are preferred to usual plastic ones towards the health conscious people. Everyone knows that plastic is simply the combination of chemical elements, which are dangerous to children’s health. That’s the main and most important reason to choose wooden toys instead of plastic ones.
As for sport equipment, there’s no a secret that most of it is made out of wood too, for example, equipment for such sports like cricket, hockey, billiard, table tennis etc. The best choice in this case will be willow (Salix sp), mulberry (Morus sp).
Producing furniture
Wooden furniture is a very profitable choice. Some people consider wooden furniture as a sign of aristocracy since long time ago. There are a few types of wood, which can be used for furniture making, for example, teak (Tectona grandis), mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), shimul (Bombax ceiba), sundari, jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), mango tree.
Shipbuilding
Wood is one of the most important materials when it comes to ship constructions. In this industry both as hardwood and softwood can be used. As usually, the best types of wood for shipbuilding are: teak shal (Shorea robusta), mango tree, Arjun (Terminalia arjuna), cypress (Cupessaceae sp), redwood (Sequoioideae sp), white oak (Quercus alba), kauri (Agathis asutralis).
Fuel
Our world needs energy and the main source of this energy is fuel. Although, that was before the exploration of gas. All the people could do is use the wood because this material was available in any forest easily. Usually, cheap plants' wood is used in such sphere.
Stationery
We almost can not imagine our life without such simple things like paper, pencils and so on. And the main ingredient here is the wood too. Examples: keora (Sonneratia apetala), bina (Avicennia alba), sundari (Heritiera fomes), geoa (Excoecariaagallocha), dhundal wood (Xylocarpusgranatum).
As you can see, we are surrounded by objects made of wood. This material has been used by people for millennia, and hopefully we will be able to use it for just as long, granted that we do not destroy all the
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