Machine Tools Animation

The Machine Tools package consists of machine tool animations, safety rules, detailed safety notes and risk assessment exercises.

The machine tool animations illustrate: 

• CNC:

  • description of computer numerical control

  • links between CAD, CAM and computer control

  • main difference between manual and CNC machines

  • 5 axis CNC miller

  • CNC lathe

• buffer:

  • using a buffer

  • pickling

  • etching

• sanding machines

  • disc sander

  • orbital sander

  • belt sander

  • reciprocating sander

  • spindle sander

    • abrasive papers and cloths

    • abrading

    • emery cloth

• grinding machines:

  • bench grinder

  • surface grinder

  • angle grinder

• drilling machines:

  • pillar drill

  • chuck key safety

  • portable power drill

  • twist drill bit

  • SDS drill bit

  • taper shank drill bit

  • grinding angles for drill bits

  • reamers

  • centre drill

  • countersinks

  • masonry drill bit

  • brad point drill bit

  • auger bits

  • flat bit

  • Forstner bit

  • counterbore and plug ctter

  • hole saw

• vertical milling machine

• router (power router):

  • router cutters

  • router collet

  • setting the depth of cut

  • using a power router

  • routing jig

  • router safety

• horizontal milling machine

• centre lathe:

  • lathe parts

  • holding work in a three jaw chuck

  • holding work in a four jaw chuck

  • turning between centres

  • facing off

  • parallel turning

  • taper turning

  • cutting tools

    • cutting tool grinding angles

• power hacksaw

• planer / thicknesser:

  • planing a face

  • planing an edge

  • thicknessing

• wood saws:

  • bandsaw

    • using a bandsaw

  • circular saw

  • circular saw power tool

  • jig saw

  • fret saw:

    • parallel arm mechanism

    • parallel link arm mechanism 

    • C-arm mechanism

• morticer:

  • using a morticer

• wood lathe:

  • belt and pulley arrangement

  • turning between centres

  • turning on a face plate

  • scraping action

  • cutting action

  • chisels, scrapers and gouges

• Shears:

  • bench shears

  • pneumatic guillotine

  • press tool.

There are also:

• safety rules

• detailed safety notes

• risk assessment exercises

Learning Objectives

Students will learn: 

• that machine tools can be controlled manually and/or by computer numerical control 

• the names of the machine tools used to cut and shape resistant materials

• what the various machine tools are used for

• to choose the correct machine tool for any given cutting and shaping operation.

With regard to safety, students will learn:

• safety rules

• designer's safety responsibility

• risk assessment

• safety rules and defined procedures

• hazard warnings and instructions

• safe materials

• safe storage of materials

• tool safety

• safety features on tools

• safe working practices

• safe working area

• product safety

• to write risk assessments.

This product is suitable for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students.   

Two versions in one package.

The Machine Tools Animation package contains two versions of the product.  One version has installer software for installing the product onto a computer hard drive.  The other version is a CD version.  The CD version has autorun files that make it suitable for copying onto CDs.  The CD version is intended for schools that have paid for a school site licence to copy the software onto CDs for pupils enrolled at their school (only)  and for it to be a convenient way for teachers to take the software into classrooms with an interactive white board. (If it's not installed on the school's internal ICT network)

View sample animation   Machine Tools

Sample screen shots from the Machine Tools animations are shown below.   
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Downloaded products will be zipped files.  You will need software that is capable of unzipping files.  If you do not have unzipping software, one may be downloaded free of charge from http://www.7-zip.org.

Instructions:

Download the first file on the 7-zip home page, i.e.

Download 7-Zip 4.42 (2006-05-14) for Windows:
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Install 7-zip then move the Multimedia Design and Technology Education zipped file to drive C: and unzip it using 7-zip.

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