Furniture Making Materials

wood,wood,wood!

Furniture Making Materials: "One of the earliest and the most popular materials used for making furniture is wood. That is because wood has historically been plentiful and is very easy to work with.
Other materials, even stone have been used since early times however due to the impracticality of materials like stone, mostly benches and other outdoor items are made exclusively of stone. Stone is however used frequently as a component of furniture making, for example marble and granite are sometimes used to create a beautiful and nearly indestructible top for tables and similar furniture items.
The most popular furniture making woods are Oak, Pine, Cedar, Cherry, Maple, Mahogany, Teak, Bamboo, Wicker and Veneers. Combined with leathers, fabrics and stone it is possible for skilled furniture craftsmen to make the most beautiful furniture using only natural materials.
Laminates are another all too popular material for making furniture. Unlike the other materials mentioned, laminates are not natural. A laminate, not to be confused with a veneer, is a cheap way of making furniture that looks good, but it is a method that is never used for making quality furniture."

Template

Current plan.

I've altered my aim/what i'm going to test from surface to leg area ratio to how liquid can affect the carboard (so i have slightly more topics to research).

& I can dig deeper into materials of furniture...i think.

Tables – legs

Cross-section – 2 rectangle pieces, cut half-way on symmetry X4 (drawn up like image)

Then join together. (like image :))

Method in the progression!

Just realised I'm out of green cardboard....orange it is!



Proposed method: (will be in past tense)

1. Gather equipment

2. stick 4 of the same legs onto one of the surfaces (legs shall be photoraphed + template)

3. (this forms 2 or 4 different tables of dif. leg length and switched surface and leg cardboard?)
Test by placing chocolates until tables collapse (wait approx 3 secs after putting each on), allow halves.

4. record a. the number of chocolates in accordance with variables
b. *if collapse before 3 secs is up?

5. repeat 2-4
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6. place tables in salt water/oil/some other liquid that would react to cardboard, for 5 hours (til fully soaked)

7. leave soaked tables out to dry (1-2 days)

8. repeat steps 3-5

NB: possibly repeat 6-8... after 1-2 weeks? To see if there are changes?