Workshop Practice

(ME-105)
DE-42 Mechatronics
Syndicate – A

Lab Title: Wood working

Week No: 4

Names of Group Members as per CMS:

1. NC/PC/GC Ibrahim Nouman (made) Reg #359584

2. NC/PC/GC Muhammad Rashid Ali Khan Reg #335681

Submitted to: LE Adnan Shujah

1. Name of the Lab: Wood working

2. Objectives:
 Wood working Shop Orientation,
 Introduction to Tools & their use.
 Obtain the first letter of your name on work piece.

3. Safety instructions for specific lab:

Essential safety equipment consists of:
 An apron, for protection from sparks.
 Protective gloves and earmuffs.
 Avoid wearing clothing that might get caught in moving or rotating
parts. Long sleeves of shirts, long hair, necktie and jewelry are
definite hazards in the shop.
 Wear safety goggles when working in areas, where sparks or chips of
metal are flying.

4. Equipment /Tools Used:

1) Bench wise.
2) U-frame saw
3) Filers:
Half-round file.
Square file.
Triangular file.
Straight file.
Process for manufacturing;
 Firstly, print the first letter of your name and paste it on the work piece.
 Then fix it in a bench wise.
 Start cutting from inside of the printed letter on the work piece.
 Continue cutting the outer shape after inner part has been cut.
 Remove the cut shape from work piece.
 Now fix the piece obtained in the bench wise.
 To smoothen the edges, we use different types of filer’s i.e. half-round
file, square file, triangular file and straight file.
 Double-disk-sanding machine can be also used to file the external part of
our work piece as some work pieces can be large and using a filer may be time
consuming.

Introduction to Wood working lab equipment;

Chisel and chain machine:

It consists of two components i.e. a chisel and a chain.
Chain is used to produce groves on the surface of work piece whereas chisel is
used for drilling process. They are operated by two hand gears. It is a manual
machine in which the operator needs to move the work piece by hand to
proceed the process. Fix the job/work piece in bench wise to use this machine.

Circular saw machine:

In this apparatus the cutting disk has a circular shape. The
portion extended to its side is called side rest. We can use side rest to adjust
the amount of substance we want to cut with respect to length by moving it.
Furthermore we can also adjust the height of circular chain according to the
thickness of the work piece. We use circular saw for the process of straight
cutting.

Universal planer/wood-working machine:

It is called universal wood-working machine due to its multi-
functional use. Planning, drilling and cutting are its three functions. The bed
is movable. If we move the bed downwards the depth of cutting will increase,
vice versa. The larger the bed, better will be the planning.
Simple lathe machine:
The simple lathe machine is a manual machine. A cross-cut is
made on work piece to hold it in a fix position between centre wise and fore
chuck. Tool rest is between centre wise and fore chuck, we place our work piece
on it. Half-round chisel, for the rough profile cutting of work piece, Parting
chisel, for the parting of work piece or for forming grooves and Flat chisel,
used for finishing. Finishing of our final product is done by using sand paper.

Planer and thickener machine:

We can adjust the bed height to vary thickening of our work piece. Place
the work piece on the bed for it to undergo planning and thickening processes.
The universal drill is also accumulated with it. Just fix the obtained work piece
in bench wise, start the drill and move the bed to drill at specific points.
Double disk sanding machine:
It is used only for the purpose of finishing and smoothening of
surface. It consists of sand paper pasted on its rotating vertical-circular
surfaces and is a manual machine. The operator presses given work piece with
the rollers which skin the wood.

Bending saw machine:

Before using this apparatus we have to make sure that the
blades are in good condition so that they do not break during use and also be
aware of the availability of oil. Two workers operate it, one at initial end and one
at back end. First worker at initial end draws the work piece into the saw and
the second worker gathers two the half them and piles them up. It is also a
manual machine.