This publication offers points to consider when buying various types of cabinetry chests, desks, bedsteads, tables, chairs, etc. Case goods is a term used to describe various types of cabinetry, chests, desks, bedsteads, tables and chairs. Solid woods are used for legs, frames, rails, stretchers, corner posts and carved sections.
Solid woods are strongest when cut and designed with the grain of the wood.
Cross-grain designs are weaker. Moving from a damp to a dry climate may make solid wood split and shrink. with grain cross-grain Wide pieces of solid wood are rare. Even solid wood chest tops, table tops and chair seats are several pieces of solid wood that have been joined and glued together. Plywood More than 90 percent of furniture made today contains some plywood. Plywood has some definite advantages over solid wood.