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V. Ryan ©
2001-2024 |
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BASIC EQUIPMENT |
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1. The Scroll Saw / Machine Fretsaw |
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2. Machine Drills |
| 3. The Radial Arm Drill |
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4. The Bench Drill |
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5. The Bench Drill -
Worksheet |
| PDF FILE - POSTER - DRILLING MACHINE |
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6. The Hand Drill |
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7a. How to use a Hand Drill |
| 7b. The Ratchet Brace |
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8a. G Cramps |
| 8b. The Handscrew Clamp |
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9. Sash Clamps |
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10a. Sash Clamps - Questions / Worksheet |
| 10b. F Clamps |
| 10c. The Cam Clamp |
| 10d. The Bench Holdfast Clamp |
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11. Types of Plane |
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12. Types of Plane - Questions / Worksheet |
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13. How to use a Smoothing Plane and Jack
Plane |
| 13a. How a Plane Blade is Sharpened |
| 13b. The Spokeshave |
| 13c. The Drawknife (Draw Shave - Shaving Knife) |
| 13d. The Block Plane |
| 13e. The Shoulder Plane |
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14a. The Woodworkers Try-Square |
| 14b. The Mitre Square |
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15a. The Marking Gauge |
| 15b. The Woodworker's Marking Knife (Striking knife) |
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16. The Engineers Try-Square |
| 16a Engineer's Blue - Marking Fluid |
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17a. The Sliding Bevel |
| 17b. The Bradawl |
| 17c. The Combination Square |
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18a. Back Saws |
| 18b. The Ripsaw and Ripsawing |
| 18c. The Crosscut Saw |
| 18d. The Panel Saw |
| 18e. The Frame Saw |
| 18f. Japanese Saws |
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19a. The Coping Saw |
| 19b. The Deep Frame Fret Saw |
| 19c. The Precision Hand Mitre Saw |
| 19d. The Compass Saw and Padsaw |
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20. The Hacksaw |
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21. How to use a Hacksaw |
| 22. The Junior Hacksaw |
| 23. How to use a Junior Hacksaw |
| 24. The Jewellers Piercing saw |
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25. How to use a Centre Square |
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26. How to use a Surface Gauge |
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27. The Centre and Dot Punch |
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28. General Chisels |
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29. The Mortise Gauge |
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30. The Mortise Chisel |
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31. The Hot Glue Gun |
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32. The Power Hacksaw |
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33. Hand Files - 1 |
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34. Hand Files - 2 |
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35a. Hand Files - 3 |
| 35b. Filing Non-Ferrous Metals - Abrasive Sheets (for metals) and Wire Wool |
| 36a. Needle Files |
| 36b. The Surform |
| 36c. The Abrafile |
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37. Disk Sander - 1 |
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38a. Disk Sander - 2 |
| 38b. Combination Disc and Belt Sander |
| 38c. The Bobbin Sander |
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39. Bending Tubes and
Pipes |
| 40. Cold Working ( Plastic Deformation) of Metals |
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| 41. The Hand Vice |
| 42. The Machine Vice |
| 43. The Engineers / Fitter Vice (Sometimes called the Mechanics Vice) |
| 44. How to use an Engineers Vice |
| 45a. The Leg Vice (Solid Box Vice) |
| 45b. The Woodworking Vice |
| 45c. The Pipe Vice (Hinged Type) |
| 45d. The Bench Clamp / Table Vice |
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| 46. Engineers Spring Dividers |
| 47. Engineers Calipers (Firm, Inside and Outside Calipers) |
| 48. Trammels for Engineering |
| 49. Toolmakers' Clamp |
| 50. Clamps - Vee Blocks |
| 51. Engineers Angle Plate |
| 52. Dial Indicators |
| 53. Folding Bars |
| 54. Manually Operated Sheet Metal Folding Machine |
| 55a. Tinman's Snips |
| 55b. Aviation Snips |
| 56. Light Duty Bench Shears |
| 57. Engineers Spirit Levels |
| 58. Cold Chisels |
| 59. How to use a Flat Cold Chisel |
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| GENERAL EQUIPMENT |
| Adjustable Spanner |
| Open Ended Spanner, Combination Spanner |
| Combination Pliers |
| Carpenter's Pincers |
| Quick Adjust Slip Joint Pliers - Water Pump Pliers |
| Mole Grips - Locking Pliers |
| Stillson Wrench - Pipe Wrench |
| Monkey Wrench |
| Common Screwdrivers |
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| THE BAND SAW |
| Introduction to the Band Saw |
| The Band Saw Blade |
| Folding and Storing a Band Saw Blade |
| Fitting a Band Saw Blade |
| The Rip Fence and Mitre Fence |
| Basic Cutting with the Band Saw |
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| HAMMERS |
| 1. Ball Pein, Cross Pein and Straight Pein |
| 2. The Pin Hammer and Claw Hammer |
| 3. Specialist Hammers - Repousse Hammer, Blocking Hammer and Planishing Hammer |
| 4. Specialist Hammers - Raising Hammer, Collet Hammer and Creasing Hammer |
| 5. Specialist Hammers - Nylon/Rubber Hammer, Copper Hammer, Smith's Hammer and Club Hammer |
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| SCREW THREADS |
| 1. Cutting Internal Threads by Hand using Taps and a Wrench |
| 2. Cutting External Threads with a Stock and Die |
| 3. Using a Centre Lathe as an aid to Manually Cutting External Threads |
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| REAMERS (MANUAL AND MACHINE) |
| 1. Reamers - an Introduction |
| 2. Using a Machine Reamer, Taper Reamers and Adjustable (Expandable) Reamers |
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| FORGING - THE SKILLS OF THE BLACKSMITH |
| 1. The Anvil, Forging and Safety |
| 2. The Traditional Blacksmith's Hearth |
| 3. The Modern Ceramic Blacksmith's Chip Forge |
| 4. Tongs for Forging |
| 5. Metals for Forgework and Forging Temperatures |
| 6. Hammers for Forgework |
| 7. Simple Forging - 'Bending' of Metal |
| 8. Jumping Up - Upsetting |
| 9. Blacksmith's Setts |
| 10. Drawing Down to a Taper |
| 11. Forging a Flare and a Simple Scroll |
| 12. Punching and Drifting |
| 13. Fullering |
| 14. Swages and Swage Blocks |
| 15. Forging an Eye and Simple Curves |
| 16. Stages In The Forging An Eye Using A Jig / Former |
| 17. Creating a Twist |
| 18. Welding Through Forging |
| 19. The Blacksmith's Power Hammer |
| 20. Drop Forging - Open Die Forging |
| 21. Drop Forging - Closed Die Forging |
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| PDF FILE - POSTER - INTRODUCTION TO FORGEWORK - PART ONE |
| PDF FILE - POSTER - INTRODUCTION TO FORGING - PART TWO |
| PDF FILE - POSTER - INTRODUCTION TO FORGEWORK - PART THREE |
| PDF FILE - POSTER - INTRODUCTION TO FORGEWORK - PART FOUR |
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MATERIALS |
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1. An Introduction to
Materials |
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2. Natural Woods |
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3. Manmade Boards |
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4. Plastics |
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5. Metals |
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6. Galvanising Steel -
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7. Galvanising Steel -
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9. Smart Materials - Polymorph -
Shaping by Hand |
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10. Smart Materials - Polymorph -
Using a Mould |
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11. Smart Materials - Shape Memory
Alloys - Page One |
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12. Smart Materials - Shape memory
Alloys - Page Two |
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13. Tools, Materials and Equipment Word
Exercise |
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WOOD TURNING |
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| SHORT VIDEO - INTRODUCTION TO THE WOOD TURNING LATHE |
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1. Introduction to Wood Turning |
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2. Wood Turning between Centres and using a
Three Jaw Chuck |
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3. Preparing a Length and Wood for Turning |
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4. Wood Turning Tools - Gouges |
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5. Woodworkers Lathe Tools - Chisels and Scrapers |
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6. Lathe Ring Tools and Parting Tools |
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PDF FILE -
CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE WORKSHEET ON
TURNING TOOLS |
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7. Marking Out Wood to be Turned on a Lathe between Centres |
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8. Using a Card Template |
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9. Boring/Drilling Long holes (Deep Boring) on the
Lathe |
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10. The Basics of Bowl Turning |
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11. Preparing a Blank for Bowl Turning |
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12. Turning a Blank on a Woodworking Lathe - 1 |
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13. Finishing Turning a Bowl on a Lathe |
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14. Applying a Finish to a Turned Bowl |
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15. Turning a Bowl with a Matching Lid - Preparing
the Blanks |
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16 Turn a Bowl with a Matching Lid - Lathe Work |
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| PDF FILE - CLASS DISPLAY - WOOD TURNING LATHE (POSTER 1) |
| PDF FILE - CLASS DISPLAY - WOOD TURNING LATHE (POSTER 2) |
| PDF FILE - CLASS DISPLAY - WOOD TURNING (POSTER 3) |
| PDF FILE - CLASS DISPLAY - WOOD TURNING (POSTER 4) |
| PDF FILE - CLASS DOSPLAY - WOOD TURNING (POSTER 5) |
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| MORTISING MACHINE |
| 1. The Mortising Machine |
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| METAL SPINNING |
| 1. What is Manual Metal Spinning? |
| 2. Metal Spinning Tools |
| 3. The Metal Spinning Technique |
| 4. The Four Main Stages of Metal Spinning |
| 5. CNC Metal Spinning |
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| MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY CHECKS OF MACHINES |
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| 1. The Maintenance and Safety of Engineered Products |
| PDF FILE - POSTER - MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY OF MACHINES |
| 2. Boxed Learning Exercise - Maintenance and Safety of Machines |
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PLASTICS EQUIPMENT |
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1. Injection Moulding |
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2. Extrusion |
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3. Blow Moulding |
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4. Examination Question - Injection
/ Blow Moulding |
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5. Moulding through Compression |
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6. Vacuum Forming - Blister Packaging |
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7. Examination Question (Part One) - Injection Moulding
HIPS, HDPE, LDPE, PP, Acrylic (PMMA), ABS. |
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8. Examination Question (Part Two) -
Injection Moulding HIPS, HDPE, LDPE, PP, Acrylic (PMMA), ABS. |
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9. Vacuum Forming (two pages) |
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10. Vacuum Forming Examination
Question - 1 |
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11. Vacuum Forming Examination
Question - 2 |
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12. Using a Strip Heater |
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13. Strip Heater Question |
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14. Sequence Drawing - Use of the
Strip Heater |
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15. The Profile Cutter |
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| 17. Drape Forming - Draping Plastics |
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| 19. Doming of Thermoplastics |
20. Plastic Memory
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| WELDING WITH OXYACETYLENE |
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Introduction to Oxyacetylene Welding |
| 2. Gas
Welding and Safety |
| 3. Steel
Welding Procedure - Flat Steel Plates |
| 4. Welding
Steel Plates at Right Angles |
| 5. Brazing
with Oxyacetylene |
| 6. Braze
Welding (Bronze Welding) and Brazing using Oxyacetylene |
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| OTHER POPULAR FORMS OF WELDING |
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| 1. Electric Arc Welding |
| 2. Spot Welding |
| 3. MIG Welding (Metal Inert Gas) |
| 4. TIG Welding (Tungsten Inert Gas) |
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| PDF FILE - Revision Cards - WELDING |
| PDF FILE - POSTER - WELDING |
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| PLASMA CUTTING |
| 1. Introduction to Plasma Cutting |
| 2. Plasma Cutting - Basic Techniques |
| 3. Large Scale Commercial Plasma Cutting |
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HEAT TREATMENT |
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| VIDEO - BRAZING AND THE BRAZING HEARTH |
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| The Carbon Content of Steel |
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1. The Brazing Hearth |
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2. Brazing a Joint |
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3. The Brazing Hearth -
Health and Safety |
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4. Hardening and Tempering |
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5. Case Hardening of Steel |
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6. Annealing of Metals |
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| 7. Commercial Heat Treatment of Steel - Critical Points - Normalising - Annealing |
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| SINTERING OF METALS |
| 1. Laser Sintering of Metals - Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) |
| 2. Pressing and Sintering of Metals |
| 3. Revision Cards - Pressing and Sintering of Metals |
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SHORT VIDEO - ALUMINIUM CASTING PART ONE
PREPARING THE COPE AND DRAG FOR CASTING |
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7. Foundry Work 1(Casting 1) |
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8. Foundry Work 2 (Casting 2) |
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9. Foundry Work 3 (Casting 3) |
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10. Foundry Work 4 (Casting 4) |
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PDF FILE -
CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE WORKSHEET ON THE
CASTING PROCEDURE |
| PowerPoint Version - CLICK HERE FOR WORKSHEET ON THE CASTING PROCEDURE |
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SHORT VIDEO - ALUMINIUM CASTING PART TWO -
THE FURNACE, SAFETY AND CASTING PROCEDURE |
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11. The Furnace |
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12. Safety Clothing for Casting |
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PDF FILE -
CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE WORKSHEET ON THE
CYLINDRICAL FURNACE AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING |
| PowerPoint Version - CLICK HERE FOR WORKSHEET ON THE CYLINDRICAL FURNACE AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING |
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13. The Casting Procedure (1) |
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14. The Casting Procedure (2) |
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15. The Casting Procedure (3) |
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PDF FILE -
CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE WORKSHEET |
| PowerPoint - CLICK HERE FOR WORKSHEET |
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| 16. Modern Safety Crucible Furnace |
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| ALUMINIUM CASTING EXAMINATION QUESTION |
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SMALL SCALE ALUMINIUM CASTING |
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| SHORT VIDEO - SMALL SCALE ALUMINIUM CASTING |
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1. PREPARING THE COPE
(TOP CASTING BOX) |
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2. PREPARING THE DRAG
(BOTTOM CASTING BOX) |
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3. HEATING THE
POURING THE ALUMINIUM |
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PEWTER CASTING -1 |
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1. Pewter Casting -1 |
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2. Pewter Casting - 2 |
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3. Pewter Casting - Safety |
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4. Pewter Casting - Question Sheet-1 |
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5. Pewter Casting - Question Sheet -
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PEWTER CASTING -2 |
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6. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - Part 1 |
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7. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - Part - 2 |
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8. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - Part - 3 |
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9. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - 4 |
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10. Pewter, Small Scale
Casting Project - 5 |
| PDF FILE
- Small Scale Casting - Pewter - Sequence
Drawing Worksheet |
| PowerPoint Version - Small Scale Casting - Pewter - Sequence Drawing Worksheet |
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11. MDF Moulds and
Pewter Casting - Small Scale Casting - 1 |
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12. MDF Moulds and
Pewter Casting - Small Scale - 2 |
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13. MDF Mould Design
and Worksheet |
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| LOST WAX / INVESTMENT CASTING |
| 1. Lost Wax Investment Casting - Preparing the Investment Mixture |
| 2. Preparing the Flask and Casting |
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| 3. Using Silicone Rubber for Lost Wax Casting |
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Materials, Processes and Products - Starter Exercise |
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ENGINEERING |
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1. The Shaping Machine. |
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2. The Polishing (Buffing) Machine |
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3. The Polishing
(Buffing) Machine - Health and Safety |
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4. The Vertical Miller (1) |
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5. The Vertical Miller (2) -
Making Adjustments |
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6. The Vertical Miller (3) - More
Information |
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7A. The Vertical Miller -
Health and Safety |
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PDF FILE -
CLICK HERE FOR VERTICAL MILLER PRINTABLE
WORKSHEET |
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| 7B. Model Engineer Precision Vertical Milling Machine |
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8. The Horizontal Milling Machine |
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9. The Horizontal Milling Machine -
Cutters and Up-Milling |
| PDF FILE
- CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE HORIZONTAL MILLING
MACHINE WORKSHEET |
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| SHORT VIDEO - INTRODUCTION TO THE CENTRE LATHE |
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10. The Centre Lathe |
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11. The Centre Lathe - 'Facing Off'
and Short Taper Turning |
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12. Turning a Long Taper |
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13. Using the Centre Lathe to Drill |
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14. Using the Automatic Traverse to
Turn a Length of Steel |
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15. How to Centre a Lathe Tool -
Types of Tool |
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16. How to use a Knurling Tool |
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17. The Centre Lathe - Health and Safety |
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| PDF FILE - CLASSROOM DISPLAY - POSTER 1 - CENTRE LATHE - THE LATHE |
| PDF FILE - CLASSROOM DISPLAY - POSTER 2 - CENTRE LATHE - 3 AND 4 JAW CHUCKS |
| PDF FILE - CLASSROOM DISPLAY - CENTRE LATHE - TAPER TURNING |
| PDF FILE - CLASSROOM DISPLAY - CENTRE LATHE - DRILLING |
| PDF FILE - CLASSROOM DISPLAY - CENTRE LATHE - LATHE TOOLS |
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| CNC CENTRES |
| 1. Introduction to the CNC Turning Centre |
| 2. Vertical Axis CNC Centres |
| 3. Turret Tooling, Gang Tooling and Live Tooling |
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| FINISHES APPLIED TO METALS / WOODS AND PLASTICS |
| 1. Machined Finishes on Metals, Including the Centre Lathe, Milling Machines and the Surface Grinder |
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| 2. Finishes to Woods, Metals and Plastics |
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PRECISE MEASURING |
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| VIDEO - THE VERNIER CALIPER |
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1. The Digital Vernier Caliper - 1 |
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2. The Digital Vernier Caliper - 2 |
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3. The Vernier Caliper - Manual
Version |
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PDF FILE -
CLICK HERE FOR A WORKSHEET ON THE VERNIER
CALIPER |
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| VIDEO - THE MICROMETER |
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4.The Micrometer |
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5. The Depth Gauge Micrometer |
| PDF FILE
- CLICK HERE FOR PRINTABLE MICROMETER
WORKSHEET |
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