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V. Ryan © 2001-2008

 
     
 

BASIC EQUIPMENT

 
     
 

1. The Fretsaw

 
 

2. Machine Drills

 
 

3. The Bench Drill

 
 

4. The Bench Drill - Worksheet

 
 

5. The Hand Drill

 
 

6. How to use a Hand Drill

 
 

7. G Cramps

 
 

8. Sash Clamps

 
 

9. Types of Planes

 
 

10. How to use a Smoothing and Jack Plane

 
 

11. The Woodworkers Try-Square

 
 

12. The Marking Gauge

 
 

13. The Engineers Try-Square

 
 

14. The Sliding Bevel

 
 

15. Back Saws

 
 

16. The Coping Saw

 
 

17. How to use a Centre Square

 
 

18. How to use a Surface Gauge

 
 

19. The Centre and Dot Punch

 
 

20. General Chisels

 
 

21. The Mortise Gauge

 
 

22. The Mortise Chisel

 
 

23. The Hot Glue Gun

 
 

24. The Power Hacksaw

 
 

25. Hand Files - 1

 
 

26. Hand Files - 2

 
 

27. Hand Files - 3

 
 

28. Disk Sander - 1

 
 

29. Disk Sander - 2

 
 

30. Bending Tubes and Pipes

 
     
 

MATERIALS

 
 

 

 
 

1. An Introduction to Materials

 
 

2. Natural Woods

 
 

3. Manmade Boards

 
 

4. Plastics

 
 

5. Metals

 
     
 

6. Galvanising Steel - 1

 
 

7. Galvanising Steel - 2

 
 

 

 
 

9. Smart Materials - Polymorph - Shaping by Hand

 
 

10. Smart Materials - Polymorph - Using a Mould

 
 

11. Smart Materials - Shape Memory Alloys - Page One

 
 

12. Smart Materials - Shape memory Alloys - Page Two

 
     
 

PLASTICS EQUIPMENT

 
 

 

 
 

1. Injection Moulding and Extrusion

 
 

2. Blow Moulding

 
 

3. Examination Question - Injection / Blow Moulding

 
 

4. Moulding Through Compression

 
 

5. Vacuum Forming (two pages)

 
 

6. Vacuum Forming Examination Question - 1

 
 

7. Vacuum Forming Examination Question - 2

 
 

8. Using a Strip Heater

 
 

9. Strip Heater Question

 
 

10. Sequence Drawing - Use of the Strip Heater

 
 

11. The Profile Cutter

 
     

 

     
 

HEAT TREATMENT

 
     
 

1. The Brazing Hearth

 
 

2. Brazing a Joint

 
 

3. The Brazing Hearth - Health and Safety

 
 

4. Hardening and Tempering

 
 

5. Case Hardening of Steel

 
 

6. Annealing of Metals

 
     
 

7. Foundry Work 1(Casting 1)

 
 

8. Foundry Work 2 (Casting 2)

 
 

9. Foundry Work 3 (Casting 3)

 
 

10. Foundry Work 4 (Casting 4)

 
 

11. The Furnace

 
 

12. Safety Clothing for Casting

 
 

13. The Casting Procedure (1)

 
 

14. The Casting Procedure (2)

 
 

15. The Casting Procedure (3)

 
     
 

SMALL SCALE ALUMINIUM CASTING

 
     
 

1. PREPARING THE COPE (TOP CASTING BOX)

 
 

2. PREPARING THE DRAG (BOTTOM CASTING BOX)

 
 

3. HEATING THE POURING THE ALUMINIUM

 
     
 

PEWTER CASTING -1

 
     
 

1. Pewter Casting -1

 
 

2. Pewter Casting - 2

 
 

3. Pewter Casting - Safety

 
 

4. Pewter Casting - Question Sheet-1

 
 

5. Pewter Casting - Question Sheet - 2

 
     
 

PEWTER CASTING -2

 
     
 

6. Pewter, Small Scale Casting Project - Part 1

 
 

7. Pewter, Small Scale Casting Project - Part - 2

 
 

8. Pewter, Small Scale Casting Project - Part - 3

 
 

9. Pewter, Small Scale Casting Project - 4

 
 

10. Pewter, Small Scale Casting Project - 5

 
     
 

11. MDF Moulds and Pewter Casting - Small Scale Casting - 1

 
 

12. MDF Moulds and Pewter Casting - Small Scale - 2

 
 

13. MDF Mould Design and Worksheet

 
     
 

ENGINEERING

 
     
 

1. The Shaping Machine.

 
 

2. The Polishing (Buffing) Machine

 
 

3. The Polishing  (Buffing) Machine - Health and Safety

 
     
 

4. The Vertical Miller (1)

 
 

5. The Vertical Miller (2)  - Making Adjustments

 
 

6. The Vertical Miller (3) - More Information

 
 

7. The Vertical Miller - Health and Safety

 
 

8. The Horizontal Milling Machine

 
 

9. The Horizontal Milling Machine - Cutters and Up-Milling

 
     
 

10. The Centre Lathe

 
 

11. The Centre Lathe - 'Facing Off' and Short Taper Turning

 
 

12. Turning a Long Taper

 
 

13. Using the Centre Lathe to Drill

 
 

14. Using the Automatic Traverse to Turn a Length of Steel

 
 

15. How to Centre a Lathe Tool - Types of Tool

 
 

16. How to use a Knurling Tool

 
     
 

PRECISE MEASURING

 
     
 

1. The Digital Vernier Caliper - 1

 
 

2. The Digital Vernier Caliper - 2

 
 

3. The Vernier Caliper - Manual Version

 
 

4.The Micrometer

 
 

5. The Depth Gauge Micrometer

 
     
 
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