Keywords

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A hard material that is used to wear, grind or cut away other material

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Abrasive

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A type of thermoplastic which is hard and can be transparent.

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Acrylic

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Otherwise known as Glue it is a substance that adheres or bonds items together

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Adhesive

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Is the way it looks

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Aesthetics

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To break down a design problem or product into manageable parts and learn from them

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Analyse

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A process of adding detailed comments to design solutions. Normally in the form of written notes

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Annotation

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The study of the measurements of the human body.

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Anthropometrics

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Type of hardwood with a light colour

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Ash

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Where component parts are joined together to make products or sub-assemblies

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Assembly

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A diagram, technical drawing or picture of a product that clearly shows how all separate pates assemble together

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Assembly Drawing

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It is a very lightweight hardwood used in model-making

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Balaswood

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Used for holding wood in place while sawing etc

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Bench hook

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A tool for marking the centre of holes in wood when drilling

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Bradawl

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In a joint , two flat edges of a material are joined together without cutting.

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Butt joint

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Computer Aided Design

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CAD

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Computer generated design which has been coloured textured and lit to look realistic

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CAD rendered drawing

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Computer Aided Manufacture

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CAM

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A symmetrical sloping surface at an edge or corner

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Chamfer

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It is a flat manufactured board made from small wood chips glued together under great heat

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Chipboard

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A sharp tool, often used with a mallet, for cutting and shaping wood.

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Chisel

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A simplified pictorial drawing of an electrical circuit. Circuit diagrams are drawn using standardised symbols to represent components, this means it can be understood worldwide

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Circuit diagrams

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A device to hold things in place when they are being glues sawn or drilled

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Clamp

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The person,company or organisation you are working for

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Client

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Computer Numerical Control

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CNC

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A single part of a larger product or assembly

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Component

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A material created from two different materials

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Composite material

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Cutting up a log or tree trunk into usable sizes

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Conversion

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A saw that has a narrow blade that can be used for cutting curved shaped in wood and plastics

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Coping saw

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Chamfer the rim of a drilled hole so that the screw van be inserted flush with the surface

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Countersink

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A written document composed by the client and designer the document should outline specific design requirements for a design and key requirements.

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Design brief

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Provides precise in depth information about the functional and non-functional design requirements for a design. Normally written in list format.

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Design specification

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The process by which initial ideas are progressively improved to achieve a final design that meets all requirements. It also includes physical prototyping.

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Development

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Its a small rod of wood, often used to hold joints together

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Dowel

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A cutting process to produce holes within solid material

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Drilling

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The science of applying mathematical scientific and technical knowledge to solve problems

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Engineering

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Its a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on its surfaces that is used for smoothing wood, plastic or metal

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File

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They are a more of a visual representation of a process. They are clearly written and arranged flow diagrams should include all stages of a process including decision points

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Flow diagram

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It is the pattern of curves and lines in wood

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Grain

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The timber that has been cut down recently and has not been seasoned (Dried)

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Green timber

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It has an adjustable frame and a replaceable blade and it is used for cutting metals and plastics

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Hacksaw

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A tool with a heavy metal head at the end of the handle used for driving in nails

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Hammer

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Its a thin sheet material that is made from compressed wood fibres and it has one shiny side and one textured side

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Hardboard

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It is a 3D drawing technique where lines are drawn 30 degrees from the horizontal, generating perspective and depth

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Isometric drawing

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It is a device made up to hold a piece of work when it is being cut, bent shaped or drilled

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Jig

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It is mechanical method of connecting two or more components of an object.

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Joint

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It is a dark-coloured mark in wood, showing where a branch had grown from the trunk

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Knot

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To do is to glue o fix several thin sheets together to make a thicker product. Plywood is example of this.

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Laminate

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Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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Laser

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A hammer with a large wooden head used to reduce damage to a material when hitting them

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Mallet

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It is a dense manufactured board made from wood fibres that have been heated and compressed.

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Medium-density fibreboard (MDF)

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A is a tool to smooth wood

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Plane

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It is a general name for synthetic materials that are made from oil

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Plastic

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It is formed by gluing several thin sheets of wood together with their grains running at right angles to form stronger sheets of timber

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Plywood

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Being fit for its intended purpose

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Quality

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It is a material that is in its natural or unprocessed state.

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Raw material

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Property of a conductor that opposed the current flow produced by a given difference of potential. ohm is the practical unit

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Resistance

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It protects the users fingers when they are cutting materials with a craft knife

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Safety rule

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A pointed rod of metal with a thread and slotted head used for fastening parts together

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Screw

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A tool with a flattened or cross shaped tip that fits into the head of a screw to turn it

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Screwdriver

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To do this you have to reduce the moisture content in timber by drying it in the air or in a kiln

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Season

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It is made of an alloy of lead and tin and melts at a low temperature

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Soft solder

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It comes from trees that keeps their leaves all year round. They can take up to 30 years to grow full size

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Softwood

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To solder is used to use a soldering iron or a gas torch to melt solder to join metals

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Solder

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A process where metals are joined by melting a filler metal between them. The filler metal must have a lower melting point than the melting point than the materials being joing

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Soldering

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A durable ruler used in the workshop for measuring distance. Measurements start at the edge of the ruler

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Steel rule

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Its the standard sizes of materials that manufactures or stockists usually make or have available in stock

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Stock size

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Made from materials which can be replaced or re-grown

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Sustainability

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Component to turn electrical power on or off

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Switch

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It is a pattern used to mark out shapes where many identical copies are required

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Template

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The most popular projection of orthographic drawing Front, side and plan views are shown. The front view is central while side side and plan views are shown to be facing towards.

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Third angle orthographic drawing

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It is a general name for wood and sometimes for trees

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Timber

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It is a tool for marking out right angles to the grain on wood

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Trysquare

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It is a very thin sheet of one material that can be glued onto the surface of another material

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Veneer

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It is a tool for holding materials when they are being sawn filed and drilled or planned

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Vice