Woodwork Flashcards
Name 2 types of softwood
Pine
Spruce
Name 2 types of hardwood
Oak
Birch
What saw do you use to make tenons
Tenon Saw
What does the vacuum former used for?
to form the plastic bases
How do you make wood filler
PVA glue and sawdust/woodchips
Name the 3 ways to sand
- Filer (smoothing the material)
- disk sander (quicker way of sanding machine bases)
- Sand paper (used for final sanding)
What are the two types of saws
- Tenon saw
- Coping saw
whats the joints you used for the bird feeder
Finger/comb joints
What drill do you use to make the 5mm holes
pillar drill
Name 5 safety precautions
- Hair tied back
- Goggles on
- one person per machine (with exceptions)
- follow blue signs rules
- keep fingers out way
What kind of wax did we use
bees wax
Why did we use the wax we used?
Its environmentally friendly and safe for the birds as it doesn’t contain any harmful chemicals
What are the three types of woods
Hardwood
Softwood
Manufactured board
What kind of wood is coniferous
Soft wood
What kind of wood is deciduous
hardwood
What are fossil fuels
fossil fuels are a hydrocarbon that is formed from millions of remains being squished underground
Name 2 manufactured board
Plywood
Chipboard
What do we call the plastic we used
Polymer
Name 2 types of plastics
Polyester, Polythene
What is thermosetting
Something that can only be set once and when tried again will burn
What is thermoforming
Something that can be set and melted down and set again multiple times
Name 4 Wood finishes
Varnish
Wood stain
Oil
Paint
What is sustainability
In the broadest possible sense, sustainability refers to the ability of something to maintain or “sustain” itself over time
What effects does pollution have on the world
Climate change, which can cause minimal effects such as small weather changes or maximized things such as rising sea levels ect
