Standard components Flashcards
1
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Woodscrews
A
- Strong, neat join
- Allows fixing of hinges and locks
- Come in many different forms
2
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Countersunk Head screw
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- Used for flush finish
3
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Round head screw
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- Used on thin sheets of metals and plastics
4
Q
Raised head screw
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- Used in decorative settings
5
Q
Twinfast screw
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- Used in chipboard
- Has two threads for better grip
6
Q
Coach screw
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- Used for more holding power
- Tightened with a spanner
7
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Screw caps and Cups
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- Used to cover and enhance the look of a screw:
- screw cups
- snap on
- screw caps
- dome
8
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Nails
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- Quickest way to join wood
- Mostly made from steel
- Generally between 12mm and 150mm
9
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Round wire nail
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- Used in general joinery
10
Q
Oval wire nail
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- Used in interior Joinery
- Virtually no head so easy to hide
11
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Panel pin nails
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- Small scale work like thin sheet metal
- between 12mm and 50mm
12
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Masonry Nails
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- Used in brickwork and mortar
13
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Clout Nail
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- wide head
- galvanised
- used for roofing
14
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Staples
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- Round staples are hammered in
- Square staples are fired from a gun
- used in crates and upholstery
15
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Cut tack
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- Easily hidden
- Used in upholstery
16
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Hardboard pins
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- Used for fastening hardboard to frames
- hidden once hammered in
17
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Corrugated fastners
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- Flat, corrugated shape
- Used to make quick corner joins
18
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Hinges
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- Moveable joint which swings as it opens
- used on doors and windows etc.
19
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Butt hinge
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- Used on doors and windows
- Made from steel or brass
- Need recessing
20
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Piano Hinge
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- Used when lots of support is needed along an edge
- Often used on pianos etc.
21
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Butterfly Hinge
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- Used on lightweight doors
- Easy to fit and look nicer than butt hinges
22
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Flush hinge
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- Don’t need a recess
- aren’t as strong as butt hinges
23
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Barrel Hinge
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- Screwed into the wood
- Allow easy removal of door etc.
24
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Stays
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- Stays control how a door opens
- They can hold them op so they don’t drop fully, or they can support them upwards to stop the door closing
25
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Handle
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- Used for opening and closing doors
- Commonly available in woods and metals such as beech and brass
26
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Runners
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- Allow draws and windows to open
- range from nylon slots to metal mechanisms
27
Q
Locks
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- Hasp and staple (Used with padlocks)
- Cam locks (Tab which turns and catches a slot)
- Magnetic lock (Hidden and require a magnetic key to open
28
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Catches
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- Used to keep doors open or closed
- Magnetic (Very common, made from different materials)
- Spring (More function less aesthetics)
- Ball (Recessed and neat)
- Toggle (Can fasten top and bottom together)
