Multiplication table set
Wood Types
Don't know what wood type do you want?
These are quick tips about some of the wood types we work with, the better the wood quality for engraving and cutting, the price of the piece wood goes up, unfortunately.
1) MDF
MDF is the cheapest one.
Engrave OK, better for cutting out.
Examples:
2) Radiata plywood
Examples:
A bit more expensive than MDF, however, the full wood sheet may not be consistent. The Radiata plywood has different grades and types. We use non-structural plywood and grade B/C. Which means on the face(B) side it looks neat but some small deformations may appear, on the back(C) side, it can have more deformations and repairs may appear.
Engrave OK, with big pieces it may show differences on the engrave, not consistence, better for cutting out.
3) European poplar
Looks much better than the first 2.
Engrave very well and good for cutting too.
European poplar 3mm is weaker than a MDF 3mm or any other wood type at the same thickness. So, depending on what the product is European poplar 6mm is recommended.
All the matching boards are made European poplar as the main piece. The standard discs are Radiata.
4) Birch plywood
Engrave very well and good for cutting too.
5) Fiji cedar
Engrave very well and good for cutting too.
6) Hoop pine
Engrave very well and good for cutting too.
7) Bamboo - natural and carbonised.
Engrave very well and good for cutting too.
8) Walnut
9) Jarrah
10) Tasmanian Oak
11) Cherry
12) American Walnut
13) Blackwood
More examples/pictures of the engraving on each type of wood will be posted here soon
Multiplication table set
Multiplication table set
The Multiplication table set helps to teach multiplication to kids.
How to use the board:
1) Given a multiplication expression to be solved. e.g. 3x5?
2) Put 3 pieces(provided pins or any thing of your choice) on the board horizontally on the first row
3) Put 5 pieces on the board vertically on the first column
4) Fill out the other columns and rows
5) Count how many pieces are on the board and that is your result: 15
The board can be used for addition and subtraction too.
Addition: 3 + 5 = ?
1) add 3 pieces on the board on the first row from 1 to 3
2) add 5 more pieces on the board on the fist row from 4 to 8
3) What is final result? 8
4) if you have big numbers e.g. 15 as result, just keep adding the pieces following the same logic from top row to second row, third row, etc. Second row goes up to 20, third row up to 30, and keep going.
Subtraction: 8-3=?
1) Add 8 pieces on the board on the first row from 1 to 8
2) Remove 3 pieces from the board from right to left - 6 to 8
3) How many left? 5 is your result.
The board comes with 100 pins - 12mmW x 12mmL x 6mmH.
The board size is 49cmW x 38cmH
