Resistant Materials

Day 1 - 14 June 2017


Material properties
Card-sorting exercise – Toughness, hardness, conductivity, ductility, malleability, tensile strength.  Other words like “flexibility” fit within or relate to these.

Materials card matching.jpg

Thermoset – heat once, sets forever.
Thermoplastic – heat to soften and reshape.


Materials properties worksheet.jpg


Materials selection and analysis.jpg


Product analysis.jpg


Materials joining worksheet.jpg

I have not photographed all the “Chooser Chart” resources to include here.  These are downloadable from https://www.stem.org.uk/elibrary/resource/25316

Here's Alison's sketch of what were going to work on in the workshop – a picture frame involving halving joints (lap joints) and aluminium rod with internal thread.


Alison's sketch.jpg

We tried out some hand tools and some different materials in the workshop.


Tin snips sheet metal.jpg


Coping saw acrylic.jpg


Junior hacksaw acrylic.jpg

Tenon saw beech ply.jpg


Hacksaw aluminium rod.jpg

Tenon saw timber.jpg

 Metal tools 1.jpg

Metal tools 2.jpg


Lap joint hand cut.jpg

(Competencies:  C.7, C.9, C.11, C.13, C.14, M.M.3.1, M.M.3.2, M.M.3.3, M.M.3.5, M.K.3.1, M.K.3.2, M.K.3.5, M.K.3.6)


Day 2 - 15 June 2017

In the forge we tried a bit of brazing, then used the metal lathe and bandsaw in the workshop.

Brazing 1.jpg

Brazing 2.jpg

Metal lathe.jpg

Band saw safety.jpg

We briefly went over the idea of risk assessment.

Risk assessment.jpg

Risk assessment blank.jpg

(Competencies:  C.7, C.8, M.M.3.1, M.M.3.3, M.M.3.5)

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