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Unit 214: Manufacture bench joinery products

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Power Tools and MachineryAlthough today we have a vast amount of machinery to choose from such as the modern 4 cutter CNC seen here.

The Bench Joinery industry used to get by with equipment such as a three cutter table saw.

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Power suppliesIn small groups, identify the range of power supplies to operate power tools.

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Hand Held Power Tools While most of you may be lucky enough to work with a medium to large sized joinery company, some will be with small a company (1-5 employees) who have a greater reliance on Bespoke Joinery work and the use of hand tools and hand held power tools. Again as in the previous slide H&S and ACoP are uppermost in the workshop rules and expectations.

On the following slides are the most common hand held power tools you will come across.

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Hand held power tools

Nail GunBiscuit jointer Belt sander Power planer

Hammer drill Cordless angle drill

Pneumatic drillChop saw

Jigsaw

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Saws

Band saw Sabre/reciprocating

Table sawChop saw

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Sanding tools

Bench top sander Table top mortiser

Detail sander

Palm sander

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Routers

Plunging Rebate Table

Plough

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Power Tool Uses

Most of the power tools and their uses will be familiar to you as second year students. • Would you use a detail sander to remove a large amount of stock

from your material?

• would you use a reciprocating saw to cut down the cheeks of a tenon?

• so almost all the machinery and power tools at your disposal have an obvious use the most versatile one is arguably the hand held router why?

• What are the benefits of nail guns?

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Power tool usesWhat are the benefits or power tools? List two of your own

What are the negatives with power tools? List two of your own

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Any questions?