Specialist Tools And Equipment
Overview
Almost every workshop accident is a tool being used for something it was not made for. A chisel used as a lever, a hacksaw used on timber, a bench vice used to clamp something for drilling and left unsecured, a hand held workpiece under a pillar drill that catches and spins. In every case the tool worked perfectly; the selection was wrong, and the selection is the designer's decision as much as the maker's.
The specification puts this topic in two sentences and both are examinable: how to select and use specialist tools and equipment, including hand tools, machinery, digital design and manufacture, appropriate for the material and the task to complete quality outcomes, and how to use them safely to protect themselves and others from harm. Notice the second half of that second sentence, because it is the half candidates forget: safety in this subject is not only about the person holding the tool. This is designing and making principles content, examined in Section C of Paper 1, and it is one of the strands criterion E of the design and make task marks directly.
Objectives
- How to select and use specialist tools and equipment, including hand tools, machinery, digital design and manufacture, appropriate for the material and/or task to complete quality outcomes. How to use them safely to protect themselves and others from harm.
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- In the hierarchy of control, which measure is the most effective? A. Eliminating the hazard B. Fitting a guard C. Training the operator D. Wearing eye protection Answer: A
- Why should gloves not be worn when using a pillar drill? A. They reduce grip on the workpiece B. They can be caught and drawn into the rotating drill C. They make the machine harder to switch off D. They are only needed for hot work Answer: B
- Which is an engineering control rather than an administrative one? A. A rule that only trained students may use the lathe B. An interlock that cuts the power when a cover is opened C. A sign showing the machine speeds D. Supervision by a teacher Answer: B
- A student needs a hole in the middle of a panel, starting from a drilled hole. Which machine is most suitable? A. A band saw B. A disc sander C. A pillar drill D. A scroll saw Answer: D
- What is the main risk of cutting a batch of thirty parts from one laser file without checking the first? A. The machine will overheat B. All thirty parts will be identically wrong if the file is wrong C. The material will be wasted by the kerf D. The parts will vary from each other Answer: B
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