Some revision websites to test you.

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Assessment revision

Make sure you revise for Theory paper and Design paper

Theory paper – Important informationOne hourOnly answer one question from Section B

Materials (metals, plastics, wood)Joining methods and fittings – temporary and permanent (knock-down, screws, adhesives, hinges – doors cupboards, gates andboxes –tee hinges, piano hinge, screw threads, nuts and bolts, rivets)Safety using tools and machinery, different types of tools andmachinery in the workshopsEdge joints in wood boards (tables, floor boards)Revise thermosetting plastic types and propertiesDrawing construction steps in detail – templates, drawing equipmentRemoval of waste using machinery Deforming and reforming (vacuum forming, line bending, blow moulding)

Assessment revision

Make sure you revise for Theory paper and Design paper

Design paper – Important informationOne hour 15minOnly answer one question (Answer the resistant materials

question!!!)

year 10

Week Syllabus Activities

Practical applications • design and make practical products using the concepts, knowledge and

skills listed in this syllabus

 Types of material • understand the physical and working properties and application in relation

  to plastics, woods and metals

Plastics • show a working knowledge of the following:

 

– thermoplastics (nylon, polythene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylic, polystyrene, polypropylene) physical and working properties

 – thermosetting plastics (polyester resin including GRP, melamine, urea, formaldehyde and phenol formaldehyde)

 Woods • show a working knowledge of natural timbers and understand their

  classification, properties and uses

 • understand why timber is seasoned and how to care for timber during

  storage and construction

  • show a working knowledge of the following manufactured boards:

  plywood, blockboard, chipboard, hardboard and MDF

  Metals • show a working knowledge of the following metals:

  – ferrous metals (mild and high carbon steels)

 – non-ferrous metals (aluminium, duralumin and other common casting

  alloys, copper and its alloys, zinc, lead and tin)

 Preparation of materials • show knowledge of available market forms, types and sizes

  • understand methods of cutting by use of hacksaw, guillotine, tenon saw,

  cross-cut saw, panel saw and portable power tools

  • understand the use of datum surfaces/lines/edges and be able to

  produce them by planing or filing

  • explain the preparation for machine processes and safe methods of

  securing materials to work surfaces, work tables, faceplates, lathe

  chucks and between centres on a lathe

 Setting/marking out • measure and/or mark out work using ruler, pencil, marker pen, scriber, try

  square, bevel, dot/centre punch, dividers, marking gauge, cutting gauge

  and mortise gauge

  • accurately produce datum lines by surface plate and scribing block or

  callipers

  • accurately measure using a micrometer and a vernier gauge

Shaping (a) Deforming/reforming

  • understand the following processes: bending, simple casting,

  lamination; vacuum forming; blow moulding; injection moulding;

  extrusion

  (b) Wastage/addition

  • select and perform the following forms of cutting and removal of

  material, and joining and adding to a material to produce the required

  shape, form or contour:

  – use hand snips, saws, files, basic planes and abrasive cutters

  – simple hole boring by hand or machine including pilot, clearance,

  tapping, countersunk and counterbored holes

  – use taps and dies for screw cutting by hand

  – use planes, chisels, gouges, saws, files and rasps

  – use abrasive mops, discs and belts

  Special treatments • understand how the following processes can change the molecular

  structure of a material making it more or less suitable for the task it has

  to perform:

  – work hardening

  – annealing all metals

  – case hardening of mild steel

  – hardening and tempering tool steel (HCS)

  • understand the term plastic memory and its significance

  • understand steaming and bending of timbers and have knowledge of

  adhesives’ curing times and strengths

 Joining and assembly • use various methods of fabrication and fitting to join parts of a

  desired structure. Allow any required movement, to enable it to

  perform its task satisfactorily (permanently or temporarily)

  • understand methods of carcase, stool and frame construction

  using permanent and temporary joints

  • use holding devices, formers and jigs to assist joining and

  assembly

  • understand the use of KD (knock-down) fittings for use with

  modern materials such as veneered chipboard

  • use a variety of fittings and adhesives

  Finishing • understand the preparation for and application of surface

  treatments

  • be aware of a range of different finishes including oils, paints,

  lacquers, stains, satin polishes, dipcoating

  • be aware of surface finishes available for both interior and

  exterior use

  • be aware of the special finishes available that will prevent

  corrosion or stains, or withstand heat or liquids

MaterialsRevise physical properties and working properties and application inrelation to plastics, woods and metals. Thermoplastics (nylon, polythene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylic,Polystyrene, polypropylene)Question: Give examples of products made for each thermoplastic and one of theproperties that makes it a good use of material.Thermosetting plastics (polyester resin including GRP, melamine, urea,formaldehyde and phenol formaldehyde) Question: Give examples of products made from each thermosetting plastic and one of theproperties that makes it a good use of material.Classification, properties and uses of natural timbers.Show a working knowledge of the following manufactured boardsPlywood, blockboard, chipboard, hardboard and MDF.Question: Classification, property and use of MDF.Show a working knowledge of the following metals: Ferrous metals (mild and high carbon steels)Question:Non-ferrous metals (aluminium, duralumin and other common casting alloys, copperand its alloys, zinc, lead and tin) Question:

Wastage/addition and joining methods

Select and perform the following forms of cutting and removal of material, and joiningand adding to a material to produce the required shape, form or contour: – use handsnips, saws, files, basic planes and abrasive cutters – simple hole boring by hand ormachine including pilot, clearance, tapping, countersunk and counterbored holes – usetaps and dies for screw cutting by hand – use planes, chisels, gouges,saws, files and rasps – use abrasive mops, discs and belts

Show tools: Pilot hole, Countersunk hole, Taps and dies - Page 64/65Activity: Students draw isometric drawings showing how two pieces of two byone pine can be joined using – nails, screws (look at two types of screws – slot and phillips head), nuts and boltsActivity: Students draw isometric drawings showing how two pieces metal can be joined usingnuts and bolts, rivets (page 71), do sketch activity.

Milling machine and CNC millinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxbiIpXZfG8&feature=related

http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/vert1.htmhttp://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/vert2.htm

Question:1. Draw a simplified diagram of the vertical miller and label all the important parts.2. Explain the need for safety when using this type of machine. You may wish to describe the type of safety clothing required.3. Describe how you could use a vertical miller in one of your projects.

Shaping - Deforming/reforming

• understand the following processes: bending, simple casting, lamination; vacuum forming; blow moulding; injection moulding; extrusion

• Show videos:• Questions: Vacuum forming• http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/vacform3.htm• (check answers) -

http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/vacfor3b.htm

Case study: Cutlery tray

• What forming/reforming process could be used to make this product?

• What plastic would this product be made from?

• Draw what the former would look like in isometric.

• What material would the former be made from and why?

• How would we make the former from on sheet of MDF.

• List factors to consider for the former in order to have a successful vacuum form.

Joining and assembling methods

Wood joints – edge joints

Ways of assembling moving parts – using hinges

Piano hinge Tee hinge

Other examples of hinges

http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/hinge1.htm

Question: Draw the hinge types and list two products that would include each hinge.

Tongue and groove joints, biscuit joints

Question: Draw the edge joints and name two products that would join wood in this method

• Starter activity – link up the different materials to adhesive types

http://www.technologystudent.com/joints/stglu1.htm

Joining and assembly• understand methods of carcase, stool and frame

construction using permanent and temporary joints

Show example products and talk about joints used – screw threads, rivets, screws, nuts and bolts

Movie on riveting:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZxlQwbrr4

Setting/marking out

measure and/or mark out work using ruler, pencil, marker pen, scriber, try square, bevel, dot/centre punch, dividers, marking gauge, cutting gauge and mortise gauge Show tools:

Special treatments

• understand how the following processes can change the molecular structure of a material making it more or less suitable for the task it has to perform: – work hardening – annealing all metals – case hardening of mild steel – hardening and tempering tool steel (HCS)

• Show videos:

Creating surfaces

• understand the use of datum surfaces/lines/edges and be able to produce them by planing or filing • explain the preparation for machine processes and safe methods of securing materials to work surfaces, work tables, faceplates, lathe chucks and between centres on a lathe

• Show video:

Joining and assembly

• Use holding devices, formers and jigs to assist joining and assembly

Draw examples:

Working with metals

• Bending is a process by which metal can be deformed by plastically deforming the material and changing its shape.

• Pipe bending http://www.technologystudent.com/equip_flsh/pipe1.html

Finishing and protecting materials

• be aware of a range of different finishes including oils, paints, lacquers, stains, satin polishes, dipcoating

Question:Show video - dipcoating

Finishing and protecting materials

• be aware of surface finishes available for both interior and exterior use

• be aware of the special finishes available that will prevent corrosion or stains, or withstand heat or liquids

Question: