- FILES & FILING

 Draws and label parts of a file

 File cuts (single and double cut)
 Types of file (cross sections – triangular, round / rat tailed, flat, etc)
 Ways of filing (cross and draw filing)
 Filing leg stance
 Grades of files vs grades of abrasives
Grades of files Grades of abrasives

 Needle files
 Care for files / preventative maintenance (chalk prevents clogging, file card for pinning)
 Safety precautions when filling

- ABRASIVES
 Definition
 Classes (coated and bonded)
 Types (sand papers for wood, emery cloth for metal, wet and dry paper for metal and plastic)
 Other abrasives (steel wool, pot scraper, liquid or powder compound, plastic, metal, or sand beads)
 How to abrade (sanding block, wooden block, use of machines like orbital sander, disk and belt sander)

- FIXINGS & FITTIGS

 Definition of each
 Permanent and temporary joints
 Nails
Sketch and label a nail
Identify common nails and their use
 Ways of nailing
Dovetail nailing
Staggered nailing
Clinched nailing
 Screws
 Sketch and label a screw
 How to join materials with a screw
Use of a bradawl
Drilling pilot hole, counter bore/clearance hole, countersink
 Types of screws
 Types of screw driver slots
 Screwing end grain
 - ADHESIVES
 Similar materials
Acrylic to acrylic
Wood to wood
Metal to metal
 Dissimilar materials
Plastic to metal
Metal to wood
Plastic to textile

 How to glue
 Some common glues
Super glue
Wood glue
PVA glue
Contact
Epoxy resin
Cements

 Soldering
Temperatures at which it happens
Soft solder and hard soldering
Filler rod
Flux
 How to solder, tinning the bit. Soldering copper tubes

- FIXINGS
 RIVETS
Pop rivert - Pop rivet gun
Snap head rivet- set and snap
How to rivet

 BOLTS, NUTS, WASHERS, SCREWS

Identify them by name, commonly used countersunk head and round head.
Washers; spring washer

- FITTINGS
Be able to differentiate them, and be able to sketch them. Also state where they are found or commonly
used.

 HINGES; butt, back flap, piano, tee, stays

 CATCHES; spring, magnetic, ball