An experiment was conducted to find out the strength properties and dimentional
stability of particleboard using waste wood and planer shavings Collected from Bangladesh
Forest Industries Development Corporaholt (BFIDC). Waste Wood were converted in in chips.
Particleboards were fabricated at fhe different ratios of wood chips and planer shaving such as
100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, and 0:100, Results show (hat particleboards made from 100% planer
shavings have good static bending properties : 143 kg/cm2) and excellent tensile strength
(13 kg/cuv). Both the values satisfy the Indian and British standard. Tilt1 percentage of
thickness swelling and water absorption were measured a tier 2 and 24 hours soaking in water,
lowest thickness swelling and water absorption were found in the board made of 100% planer
shavings. Particleboa ids made from 75% and 50% planer shavings also satisfy the Indian
standard. It is concluded that planer shavings from different wood based industries can he
used for making conventional partiilebuard of high strength properties.