Machine Tools Flashcards
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Table Saw
This is used to cut through sheet materials. Usually Wooden
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Mitre Saw
This is used to cut angles into timber / Skirting Boards / Door Frames
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Metal Cutting Chop Saw
Used to cut through metal. Usually Metal Box / Pipe / Scaffolding
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Metal Cutting Hand Saw
Cuts through screws / rods / small items
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Vacuum Form Trimmer (Gerbil)
Used to cut away swarf left from forming process
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Band Saw
Mainly used on wood or plastics. Good for intricate details for example
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Disc Sander
Used to sand smooth wood
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Bobbin Sander
Used to sand smooth wood, Often used on intricate details
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Bench Grinder
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Polishing Machine
Used to help polish metal
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Planer Thicknesser
Used to ensure consistant thickness in sheet materials (wood)
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Table Router
Used for routing large materials - Doors / Edging on timber for example
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Milling Machine (CNC)
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Milling Machine (Manual)
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Pillar Drill
Used to drill precisely through materials
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Mortice Machine
Used to cut square or rectangular holes in materials
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Wood Lathe
Used for turning / shaping / sanding wood
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Central Lathe (Manual)
Used for cutting threads / gears into metal
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Central Lathe (CNC)
Precise computer controled metalwork lathe
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Foot Guillotine
Used for cutting or bending metal sheets
What tool would you use to cut angles into wood. For example create a 45 degree angle?
Mitre Saw
If you needed to cut a large sheet of plywood in half, what tool would you use?
Table Saw
What tool would you use to cut out details, like on a toy for example
A Bandsaw
What tool would you use to cut through some metal pipework
A Metal Cutting Chop Saw
What tool would you use to cut through some metal pipework
A Metal Cutting Band Saw
How would you clean up the edges of a piece of vacuum formed plastic
Use a Vacuum Form trimmer - Otherwise known as a Gerbil
What tool would you use to smooth or shape the edges of a piece of timber
Disc Sander
What tool could be used to finish off an inside cutout like the one we see here in the toy dog?
A Bobbin Sander
What tool could we use to sharpen metal tools
A Bench Grinder
What tool could we use to use to help a piece of jewlwery sparkle?
A Polishing Machine
What tool should we use to ensure that our wooden sheet materials are all the same thickness?
A Planer Thicknesser
What tool could we use to create a groove in a piece of wood
A table router
We need to create ten identical wormgears out of metal. Which tool should we use to ensure they are all acurately idential?
A CNC Milling Machine
We have a piece of metal rod which we need to alter to add a screw thread onto. Which tool could we use?
A Manual Milling Machine
What tool should we use to drill or punch a hole acurately into a piece of wood
A Pillar Drill
What tool should we use to create a square or rectangular hole in a piece of wood. To make a mortice and tenon joint for example.
A Mortice Machine
What machine could we use to make a baseball bat out of a wooden rectangular cuboid?
Use a Wood Lathe
What tool could we use to cut grooves into pieces of metal?
A manual central lathe
If I needed to create several identical metal chess pieces, what tools could I use?
A CNC Central Lathe
The Computer ensures that each piece is identical
How could I cut large metal sheet materials. Is there a machine I could use. What is it called?
A Foot Guillotine
Pillar Drills can have their speed adjusted. What is the purpose of this?
The larger the hole, the slower the speed is usually a decent guide to judge this. Also, the materials being cut through will dictate the speed. Metal will require a slower speed than wood, for example.
Learn these parts of a pillar drill
Learn these parts of a table saw
Learn these parts of a disc sander
Learn these parts of a bench grinder
Learn these parts of a lathe
Learn these parts of a router
