1. RESISTANT MATERIALS REVISION Tools + Equipment Health + SAFETY ISSUES
Learning Objectives:
- To recap understanding of tools + equipment to aid exam performance
- To recap knowledge of health + safety issues to aid exam performance.

2. Sawing straight lines in wood or plastic (not metal)
Tools + EQUIPMENT
Tenon Saw or
Back/Dovetail Saw
Name
Marking Gauge
Try Square
To scribe a line parallel to a surface edge in order to cut wood joints etc.
Drawing a line at 90 degrees OR checking a corner is square (90 degrees)
Sawing straight lines in wood or plastic (not metal)
Process

3. Tools + EQUIPMENT Name Process G Clamp Hack Saw File
• When clamping a piece of wood whilst sawing.
• Applying pressure whilst assembling
Sawing metals or plastics to a required size/shape.
Shaping or smoothing a piece of wood, metal or plastic.
Process

4. Tools + EQUIPMENT Name Process Sash Clamp Machine Vice Plane
• When smoothing or cleaning a piece of wood
• When shaping a piece of wood
Keep work square and clamped whilst assembling/gluing.
Hold work still and secure when drilling.
Process

5. Tools + EQUIPMENT Name Process Hegna/Scroll Saw Pillar Drill
To drill work at a perfect 90 degrees or another angle using a drilling jig.
Keep work square and clamped whilst assembling/gluing.
Process

6. Tools + EQUIPMENT Name Use Dust Mask Ear defenders Apron
To protect your breathing when working with dusty or hazardous materials.
To protect your clothing from soiling or from being caught in machinery/tools.
To protect your ears when using loud machinery.
Use

7. protective EQUIPMENT Name Use Gaunlets Goggles Safety Boots
Protect your eyes from dust particles or any other flying debris from machining.
Protect your hands- particularly from heat when brazing or carrying out heat treatments.
Steel toe caps protect feet from being crushed by dropping tools or work.
Use

8. Hazard symbols Dangerous to the Environment Oxidising Highly Flammable
Corrosive
Harmful/Irritant
Explosive
Toxic

9. Hazard symbols Explosive Oxidising Toxic Highly Flammable
Chemicals that explode.
Chemicals that react exothermically with other chemicals.
Chemicals that at low levels cause damage to health
Highly Flammable
Chemicals that may catch fire in contact with air or evolve highly flammable gases in contact with water.

10. Dangerous to the Environment
Hazard symbols
Harmful/
Irritant
Chemicals that may cause damage to health. OR Chemicals that may cause inflammation to the skin or other mucous membranes.
Dangerous to the Environment
Chemicals that may present an immediate or delayed danger to one or more components of the environment
Chemicals that may destroy living tissue on contact.
Corrosive

11. Example exam question